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lintel?
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:55 pm
by george-doors
i've just femoved an old gas fire and 70s concrete surround and exposed an old back boiler which i want to remove so i can brick up the inside creating an alcove. but i,ve noticed there is no lintel above fire place and the two centre bricks have fallen out when i removed fire place.
i basicly want to know if this is normal or there should be somthing in there holding up bricks above?
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 10:07 am
by acsimpson
What was the concrete surround you removed? Could it have been performing the job of a lintel?
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:33 pm
by george-doors
i don't think so it was surface mounted fixed by two small L brackets. i would have thought there would have been some sort of lintel before the concrete surround was put in?
Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:24 pm
by acsimpson
It certainly doesn't sound like a lintel. I'm afraid I don't know enough to advise you on wether you need to install a lintel. It may be that your best bet is to get a structural engineer to take a look at it.
Better safe than sorry.
Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:37 pm
by george-doors
i've installed a concrete lintel as i'm the wall is only taking its own weight its probably much more than is nececary but better safe than sorry