It'll need to be galvanised so the exposed soffit doesn't rust. There is a wooden lintel above the door which is bent and starting to rot due to leaking gutter which washed rain water down the side of the building, this has been sorted. On the ones without a steel lintel a roll of 18inch Hyload could be used to form a tray, or sometimes lead. Bed it in nicely, and allow the mortar to set for. Special Order. Retract the bit every 10 seconds to remove debris from the hole. Discussion in ' Builders' Talk ' started by Andrew De'ath, May 26, 2020 . It's solid but I know rust eats through eventually which has scared me a little. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Which lintel. 5m window. Buy online & collect in hundreds of stores in as little as 1 minute! 30 day money back guarantee. S Builders, Oct 12, 2008. If the wall seems intact then you do. 5 for the floor load and doesn't leave much for the brickwork and any roof loads on the wall. As far as I can tell the lintel is just a relatively thin metal sheet. CGN Screwfix Select. I would Get it surveyed. Hi all, Bit of a random question! I have an aluminium blind that I want to hang (top mounted) in a window recess. Don't know if the window is set back 4in, easier to take out, or sitting under the arch. Above the garage door will be cladded with cement board rather than be load bearing like blocks. Non composite are. Andrew Gill Member. Click to expand. Click and Collect is available or enjoy free UK delivery on selected orders over £150 ex VAT. Discussion in. All the windows have a concrete lintel as shown on the attached photos. stuart44 Screwfix Select. The above masonry will need propping before fitting new lintel, you will create more work by building a central pier. there are 4 catnic lintels that will do a solic 9 inch wall, all with various strengths I have now found out. sospan Screwfix Select. For concrete lintels the answer is to start your fixing holes with the smallest masonry drill bit you can get, normally 3mm, and work up to the size you require. Architect has advised to use a box 200 lintel, but what are my options. 20 DeWalt Straight Shank Combination Drill Bit Set 23 Pieces (4635K)The lintel is above a first floor glazing opening which is floor to ceiling height and spans 3. The standard design figure for a flat roof is 1. During the old render hack off, I noticed that the single coarse of bricks above the window are in fact sat on the window frame it self. e. ProDave New Member. arrow Screwfix Select. 1/ spread mortar along its top surface, use a spare akro to wind it up into place (not too hard tho) then backfill the 2 bearing surfaces on either end. I am guessing (emphasis on guessing) that the SDS is quickly going through plaster and maybe. The house itself is a 1930s terraced. Remove loose paint and wire brush lintel, then dust down. If the screw is extremely tight to wind in, it maybe to large for the pilot hole and could snap if this is the case. Originally it was an open fire when the house was built (around 1850) and then circa 1990s it was changed to a wood burner. So roughly speaking if I allow some room for the plaster etc I'd likely be able to drill above the lintel if I went in 100mm from the top of the window reveal as seen from the inside? yetanothermike, Jul 12, 2023. The Tech Spec for the lintel states: "As the brickwork mortar matures, lintels of over 1200mm spans should be propped at 1200mm centres. stuart44 Screwfix Select. 1) Extend the chimney breast out a little from the left to allow the lintel and the fireplace to sit centrally (image 1) 2) Install a steel frame and anchor it to the back wall to support the overhung end of the lintel (image 2) and I don't want to build a frame out from the chimney breast and recess the fireplace into either as it would. A stone head will be sit above and in front of the sash window. Hausfix, Jun 13, 2022. (2)Carefully slice the faces off your bricks with a 115mm diamond blade in a. Remove the windows and put a Catnic steel lintel in place making sure that there will be enough support on the left and right. So ref your other post about the steel, it has to carry. Delivery 7 days a week. Catnic do a variety of heavy duty lintels, but at the top end of extreme duty are around £500-£600 for that span. Last edited: Aug 29, 2023. Deleted member 33931, Mar 23, 2016. Phones getting used. . This is unlikely. So this was the main lintel over the garage span supporting the upper story. Aug 25, 2022. Parts of cracked block have moved inwards into the room: the small piece I’ve labelled A has moved into the room by about 2mm, and the larger piece B has moved into the room by about. 5 = 0. Is an off the shelf ANG catnic lintel that can support uniform distribution of up to 7kN of weight enough to support a stone head going in above. If you look at how the soldiers line up with the brickwork at the top of the frame, it doesn't look like there is. I thought padstones were supposed to be slate or metal! Mr. So the ops 1. This goes in about 20 mm and then hits something and the drill can not make further progress. I would arrange for someone to come and certify him. The screws are spaced out by about 600 mm. 5 for the floor load and doesn't leave much for the brickwork and any roof loads on the wall. #1. , Mar 18, 2005. The bricks are probably over-hanging the lintel edges so you can't see anything. There is a very small area of the wooden lintel that seems damp and soft (see the left of. Galvanised, mild steel. Abrickie, Jun 25, 2021. #2. The ground floor is orignal 500mm thick singel skin walls with 2 windows which have old wooden lintels both windows under 1m. Hi I want to increase the width of a doorway. They would be cracking or sagging by now if the lintels aren't enough. The wall plate is supporting to roof rafters as well as roof so there is some load. Doesn't look like a lintel is in place on the external skin brickwork. #3. All you see is the steel lip and then the bricks. No no handy A bit like a standard brick, but a bit more of a hard bar steward! Compo on top of your lintel. A concrete lintel is by far the best way to go. Advice on lintel. . I took the bricks out and put them back in (with the help of a bricky. yetanothermike Member. Or is there some other method that would work. The other (identical) opening has to support an existing 250x250 steel beam (at 90 degrees) that is currently supporting an upstairs wall which in turn supports the wall plate which has the roof on it and. 28 x 284. sospan, Oct 28, 2015. Free returns. I looked at the wall,at the end of the lintel and discovers it to be soft so upon pushing the plaster off,behind it was newspaper Which I pulled out and it left a. 2m) would mean that there would be some minimal loading on the pipe. Notnowvicar, Feb 23, 2023. #2. beam direct onto the brickwork. or. These usually need to be re-cut and a lintel put in, but this is a major disruption both internally and externally. After the new lintels are in place. Wooden lintels work just fine - unless you render the outside of your house with Portland cement. gangman New Member. Hopefully the picture helps. A standard brick is 102mm wide. Thanks for the advice Phil. Would a 100 x 65 lintel be sufficient given that there is very little weight above or should I go bigger. I have a small window approximately 450 wide to go in my kitchen wall, the wall is block 100mm cavity and then brickwork !trustmark, Oct 22, 2006. To ensure the soldier course bricks are flush with rest of the house the bricks have been cut down. tore81 Screwfix Select. 75 x 6. 99 Inc Vat Click & Collect Delivery OX Trade XL-10 Masonry Segmented Diamond Blade 300mm x 20mm (216HP) compare For Disc Cutters For General Masonry, Paving Bricks, Hard Stones, Kerbs & Lintels Sintered £27. Without doing research into current regulations, based on my experience alone I’d suggest you will definitely need a 600mm lintel and with a cavity tray and weep vents above. 5kn. Obviously a decent HSS bit is essential 5 or 6mm (any recommedcations, I normally use dewalt) nice and slow as I. Ian Dingwall New Member. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Lintel. Thanks for any advice. Screwfix Community Forum. arrow Screwfix Select. It's not just a question of replacing the lintel either. Bob Rathbone, May 7, 2023. 1 - Get the lintel removed when the back door is bricked up as it will not be needed anyway after that? 2 - Leave the lintel but route the flue along the wall a bit before going though (perhaps the original) opening? Is that allowed by the regulations? 3 - Leave the lintel and somehow bore through it anyway? 4 - Open to suggestionsAny info would be great. I've uncovered the metal lintel (installed in 1990) and it looks pretty rusty. CJR1989 New Member. Either way it’ll need a good SE to make sure. Do not attempt to join lintels. So it is one of their lightweight ranges. Also some types of lintels should be propped until the brickwork has gone off to stopping twisting and bending. Pick a joint line and follow that. What lintel could I put in and how could it be fixed? My only though was to bolt a 102 H column to each of the existing end columns and then span it with a better lintel. 5 inches). 7 metre clear span (max) is capable of 1kn loads an average floor load is 1. Design will show that a 65mm p/s concrete lintel is ok - cost about £10. Drill hole- fix bracket with a twin thread 4. Cut a slot with an angle grinder with diamond blade. When lintels were cast insitu the steel was put in the bottom as this was in tension. Some look like they’ve been repaired previously but now have hairline cracks again. Graham Swire New Member. Fixings not included. e. #3. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > lintel above window. I would have expected to use accro props with strong bows min of 3 for the big one. . I've been quoted around £10k to deal with the crack and replace the lintel, this seems like a lot though and thought some advice from people with expereince here could let me know whether I. I would put a slightly longer lintel in that is toothed into the sides of the original builders opening. stevie22 Screwfix Select. Rebuild brickwork above lintel and allow to set. Vin, Jan 11, 2015 #2. And there is a wooden frame around the PVCu door frame. I can't use battens side or face fix. multiply by a FoS of 1. I am building a concrete workshop which will have a doorway 1. I suspect it could do with replacing. You could use strappers to tie the blocks into. " It just doesn't give any indication how mature the mortar should be before removing the props - that's why I posted my question. Option 1 - I take a loss on the window I bought, buy a smaller window that fits under the RSJ and somehow cover the RSJ with trim. It may have been cast in place and bars have gone rusty plus water got in it so it's cracked. On others there was a metal lintel such as a Dorman Long which sat partially over the inside concrete lintel and down over the frame carrying the brickwork and also forming a tray. Test one out before drilling all the holes. And, the bricks above that lintel are going to likely fall oot too so will need rebuilding after the new lintel has been put in. Therefore this padstone doubles the area of the steel's footprint. 0. Hi, I'm looking to put in a garage door in an existing double brick wall with a 2600mm opening. The project has secured Building Consent from local planning although there has been no. If that's the case, then if it's for a door, you'll probably want to move the opening over a few inches anyhow to allow clearance for the door handle etc. Walls approx 2. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. or. Lintel. Bed your pad stone down as well. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Steve_11, Mar 4, 2021. As suggested could end up in the big house for doing that . Above the exisiting window is a large wooden lintel that is in good. Thanks. uk. My problem is a long concrete/stone lintel sitting above old metal window and ill fitting wooden door to workshop part of the building. The. Mr GrimNasty Active Member. A lintel works with the wall during construction and it is at this point when it is under maximum stress. so a 140x100 is 140 high as concrete lintels only span a single leaf of bricks. When you use the key to unlock the door, if you leave the key in the lock and open the door the key hits on the lintel above and is prone to snap (as the carpenter found out). com. forever i said! I'm hear all week! Major Mal Funxion, Jun 26, 2008 #1. You should be able to get an unequal 1/2" thick angle iron, perhaps 125mm high (it's an old house, so 5") and 50mm - 75mm deep (2 - 3"). Current construction brick outside, breeze block inside with cavity. Rebar is just steel, so any metal drilling bit should be fine. I want to have this 4' hatch in a load bearing wall where the lintel is some 3' down from the ceiling. The lintel is bowing slightly in the. The dimensions of the existing wooden lintel is: Width 1100mm. I would like to replace the lintels as it got a crack. Footings and load calculations will be required. Next day pack gap with slate and remove acrow. I’ve taken away the wood surround to expose the brick work behind and I can’t see a lintel. It is quite normal to have the slight overhang, wider than 6mm if that's the way it works out. 4 - put two 100mm lintels from partition. Thread by: senlim , Mar 16, 2023 , 1 replies, in forum: Builders' TalkA prestressing process gives the concrete lintel a high strength to section ratio, minimizing costs and making for safer manual handling. Thread by: Slinksta , Jan 7, 2023 , 9 replies, in forum: Builders' Talk Thread A prestressing process gives the concrete lintel a high strength to section ratio, minimizing costs and making for safer manual handling. #5. There are different materials used for lintel beams depending on the design and. £177. The house is in a close of about 30 houses and they've all got double glazing with a upvc sill and external concrete lintel with no posts so I don't know what to think. #2. thanks for the advice about not needing a. My question is what is better a concrete lintel ( Supreme Concrete Prestressed Textured Concrete Lintel 65mm x 100mm) from travis perkins or a wooden lintel also from travis perkins ( Sawn Treated Timber Regularised C16/C24 75mm x 100mm x 3. Add to Cart. I queried this and the builder says it is safe, but I am not sure. com. Choose from top trade brands. Would a 100 x 65 lintel be sufficient given that there is very little weight above or should I go bigger. The lintels do not extend far enough to the side of the doorways. Support bracket for removal of internal chimney breast. Screwfix Community Forum. Some info: The lintel length will be 1200mm (150mm overhang on each side) but not sure what height and depth to buy. Buy online & collect in hundreds of stores in as little as 1 minute! Free returns. I am building that wall up by one block so I could just lay the lintel on that but that would be 100mm not 150mm at each end. Two questions: 1. I wasn't provided with building regs or drawings and used my 25 years experience during job. Now have upvc windows. CLEARANCE. We supply trade quality DIY and home improvement products at great low pricesGot a quote for some french doors to replace a window a few months ago. 1 windows lintel looks a little rotten so I am thinking it will need replacing. 'I-beam, H-beam, girder, lintel, Rolled Steel Joist, Rigid Steel Joist etc. Del boy 10, Jun 30, 2023. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Sam Dingle. com. additional dead weight = 145. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Landscaping and Outdoors > Concrete lintels concreted into the ground to support shed, advice. This was more common on brickwork that was n't seen, and obviously when it was seen, the more traditional decorative arch was used directly above the opening. Anyway it cost me £180 to have one installed and they used props to hold up brickwork. Not impressive work by the builder. KIAB , Feb 22, 2019 #4I m planning on replacing some old single glazed windows in my house with new uPVC double glazed units. The total wall. Hi, Confused myself on regs (we are in Wales) for lintel overhang (bit that rests on block work), always thought was 150mm each end on new block work, builder put some lintels in today over a 900 wide window opening, the window is on first floor with a second floor to go above. = 184. I've taken down the old mouldy plasterboard around this door to replace with a new energy efficient door and PIR then new plasterboard. All the repair would be done from the inside. Yes it all may collapse down when you take out the old lintel especially if the load above has been big enough to cause the original damage, Try googling replacing lintel for more guidance, ( Unless you intend to takeout a triangular area of brickwork above the existing lintel so that there is no load actually acting on the lintel) Last edited. All the pressure needs to be down not forwards or back. Choosing the correct drill bit is essential to avoid injury, damage to the material and damage to the drill. The back of the lintol set back so the front of the infill bricks are too the line. 4 metres. The membrane/cavity box directs the water to the outside via trickle vents. Pack in mortar tightly all around. Any advice greatly appreciated. I have a door opening of 1. Window head and lintel 3. Busterhymen Active Member. You will have a whole load of the house down around your ears. £29. The timber lintel above the rear bedroom window is particularly undersized, and has bowed. 1. Attached Files: 2BC8545F-100F-48A7-9071-1FF1D5B8DBCC. Suits Screw Diameter. The stone lintel could be removed and repaired with threaded rods through from left to right, tighten the nuts and pull the lintel back together, re fit the lintel as decoration only. Houses are 150+ years old and the lintels are very wet/rotten and have started to fall out. Order Rawlplug Metal Wall Plugs 6mm x 32mm 50 Pack at Screwfix. . Initial set achieved in 5-10 minutes. Use the smallest bit to drill a pilot hole and work your way up to your required size. 22 each (Inc. Jimbo Screwfix Select. The smaller the drill bit. the idea of bridging pipes is so when the building settles the pipes aren't affected. If a red plug wasn’t the overall best and simplest idea I wouldn’t have suggested it. The wooden lintel spanning 66" is presumably supported on brickwork at either end of the lintel, and given its lasted for decades then you should have no trouble replacing the wooden window with a plastic window. The overhang is approx 130mm each end - googled it and. stevie22 Screwfix Select. I reckon the start of my opening will be 450mm away. When you can feel that the drill in nearly through then stop and use your 5 or 5. Screw a wood trimer over it, and secure the new timber work to that. You'll need to screw PB to the wooden lintels. I used an angle grinder to cut through the bricks and got a fairly good result. Measuring the gap is totally pointless yet simple to estimate, the 20mm side has a 7mm gap whereas the 24mm side has an 11mm gap, based on it being 12. The spec of a lintel is almost entirely dependent on the span because in theory it doesn't matter how many floors worth of walls you build on top of the lintel. The lintel appears to support the gable wall. Support bracket for removal of internal chimney breast. Perhaps a better question would be are most/all window lintels no higher than a course of bricks - i. Use a masonry bit to drill 3/4 holes in each brick that spans that joint and use a hammer and cold chisel to cut them. Above one of my windows is a crack going along what i presume is a concrete lintel, is this dangerous and. Joe1985 Guest. I am guessing (emphasis on guessing) that the SDS is quickly going through plaster and maybe. VAT) Supreme Prestressed Textured Concrete Lintel 100 x 100 x 1050 S10. Screwfix Community Forum. 2m. 1,The lintel on the brickwork should realy have a bed under it but not essential. 7m above the sewer then assuming the lines of influence spreadout at 45 degrees then a 3. I've got to a few heavy blinds to top fix so need a reliable screw that won't snap when screwing into metal lintels or fail when the blinds are being used. Screwfix Community Forum. I am putting some blinds up and need to drill into a solid steel lintel. Area of load = 41m2. Cut a few holes in the wall and slide in some needles and jack the needles across the upper edge of the opening - Next cut a timber the width and depth of the opening and jack it in place below the opening and whack out the rotten timber. 0m) cut to size obviously. CLEARANCE. 6 x 0. #19. Use either lintel or angle iron between brackets. £75. com. Remove the windows and put a Catnic steel lintel in place making sure that there will be enough support on the left and right. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. May be tricker if you have a 'soldier' brick. Therefore I think careful considered drilling will cause no problems. You’re not the source at all mate, sorry for souring your thread, ask away all you like. Self tapping screws into the lintel to create a strong fixing as the blinds are very heavy. 2m window over a smaller 1. Or if you have some money rent one from a local rental place (cheaper than the chains). D. Fixings not included. same width does nothingdifferent than bedding the. After the new lintels are in place. The lintel only needs to support 4 courses of bricks above the door. 2. Hi All, I was hoping someone may be able to shed some light on this one for me. The lintel is only supporting the inner skin of block work. This is a big RSJ steel lintel which has a plate welded to the bottom of it and so I am guessing it is approxinamely 10-12mm thick. The lintel more than likely would have been a separate timber lintel, you can still see the bearings where it sat or it could have been part of the frame with 4x2 horns extending into the brickwork. o. The chimney is now completely out and supported in the loft but the. Lots of head scratching from fitters. Option 1 - I take a loss on the window I bought, buy a smaller window that fits under the RSJ and somehow cover the RSJ with trim. As you found when the lintel bent, the wall did not follow (immediately!). Choose from top trade brands. The upstairs ones you cannot even see above the solider bricks before you hit the roof. if the 47kN lintel is up to its capacity and spanned say 3m. The ingoing edge nearing the ceiling hit a metal lintel some 3 foot or so into the garage. I have no idea how to overcome that as the brackets will not hold up when. Is this possible?On this same wall there is also a bowing lintel above the window in the bottom right of the image which would need to be dealt with at the same time. If it's only 3 courses (9") would it not be prudent just to fit a upvc infill. The Tech Spec for the lintel states: "As the brickwork mortar matures, lintels of over 1200mm spans should be propped at 1200mm centres. And there is a wooden frame around the PVCu door frame. Support 1 course above where catnic is going using props and strong boys, remove area where lintel is going, bed lintel in on mortar (level both ways obv) with at least 150mm overhang each side, prop lintel off brick below, build brick off lintel to meet upper course. PJ Wales Member. The interior already has a concrete lintel in. Lintel and Cavity Tray The lintels are obviously different types. Infill insulation and plasterboard. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by shaun1235456, Apr 13, 2017. Steel lintels are structural components installed over an opening in a wall, like a window or a doorway, to support the loads above the gap and prevent the structure. Hi all, I'm moving a door opening 350mm to one side and need to know what lintel to use, the current door way was put in years ago to access the garage and goes through light block wall, above it is 1 and 12 light block which support 3. Screwfix Community Forum. 30 day money back guarantee. The UK’s leading retailer of trade tools and hardware. I would just wrap the pipes in rockwool. Putting a lintel where you suggest should be fairly simple, would be a case of supporting the brickwork above, cutting a slot for the lintel, installing the lintel then transferring the load before removing the support. A crack in a reinforced concrete lintel isn't going to be of much concern normally, but this sounds like it could have been a very heavy/substantial impact in a direction the lintel isn't designed to be strong - something of an unknown quantity - I'd want it replaced. SJ, Dec 15, 2003 #2. The 2 seperate lintels support the struts and are obviously bearing the weight of the roof. There will only be 2 courses of concrete blocks above them then a steel profile sheet roof. The UK’s leading retailer of. HandyAndy - Really. Yes, you need a lintel even though it’s only for 6 bricks and you also really needed it signed off by building control either via the fensa scheme or a BCO. Don’t worry, it’s not especially difficult to do, however. 5cm long, I already had a 120cm long lintel that came with the house but would rather buy the best I can and get as much lintel on the bricks as possible. The photo shows the oven and fridge freezer that are going to be removed and the opening made behind, however before any walls start getting cut i have been trying to find out about the lintel and how far in the doorway (archway?) will need to be from the corner, i have attempted to search google, however only come back with "Corner lintels". Any advice is gratefully recieved. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Lee Swain, Jan 10, 2022. Supreme L03 Steel Reinforced Concrete Lintel - 100 x 65 x 1200mm. The RSJ size is 5155mm supported on the side wall 250mm pillars. the biggest rsj may support the weight above, but the rsj might wheigh 25tonnes in which case the footings will start to sink. Either dot and dab plasterboard to the reveals square to the window to narrow the gap, dot and dab plasterboard at an angle (my preferred choice) to the window and reveals, batten out the reveals and plasterboard, or wet plaster/render it, but you'll need lots of aapplications and it will take weeks to dry out fully. There are 2 main types, composite and non composite. So it is one of their lightweight ranges. Every builder knows that bricks will, to some extent, support themselves in the short term and there is now a device called a Joint Expansion Tool which you place in the perps and wind up to tension the bricks to stop them dropping. 2,The bricks should be on a bed not right on lintel (but only at the front of the lintel) 3,Depends on the condition of the lintel if it seems ok leave it in fit new window rake out and re point. As the top of the window will only. sagging.