The standard design figure for a flat roof is 1. For this type of work a SE will normally have specified the fixing method for the wallplate. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Lintel alternative? Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by mcooper2406, Jun 23, 2019. New-to-DIY likes this. Window head and lintel 3. Screwfix Community Forum. In fact, on a door width size opening, you could almost eliminate the lintel once the wall above it was built and the mortar had set. It looks OK, no rot. Buy Resins at Screwfix. I'm debating if i need to put in a lintel or in this case a piece if angle iron before I'm going to cut a small hole in a 1960's precast concrete wall. JPG File size: 186. 35kg/m2. 4kg/m = 364kg. Notnowvicar Screwfix Select. The lintel appears to support the gable wall. #2. The timber lintel above the rear bedroom window is particularly undersized, and has bowed. If you haven't got much depth on the wall above window you may get away with using some 6mm board screwed to the front of the lintel so it doesn't stick proud of existing finish. Also is it ok to use a little expanding foam . 1m lintel as per my report to knock down a load bearing wall. Bobby Dazzler, Nov 9, 2020 #2. 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. I have been able to find the producers of the form of lintel number two, (window head and lintel), which appears to be entirely within the cavity and sloping towards the outer leaf. Morning, Any suggestions for fitting brackets where a lintel is in place? I am touching the steel after 15, 20mm. 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. Above the garage door will be cladded with cement board rather than be load bearing like blocks. 6kg required. You could use a self tapper if you're feeling especially technical but there really is no need, imo. 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 wall itswlf is an external end of house (detached) wall, bottom floor. Some lintels are marked top. 5kn. I've uncovered the metal lintel (installed in 1990) and it looks pretty rusty. The walls are solid brick with the outside lintel made of stone (no cracks or issues that I can see) and on the inside there is a wooden lintel. Height and width will be 200 X 100mm. All the repair would be done from the inside. 4kg/m. I’m widening the door frames in my house to 76cm ones. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Lintel. Hopefully the picture helps. I've fit new french doors, uPVC ones. For one row of breeze blocks and not loadbearing the header would need to be at least 4" high (and that means it would be about 4" high and about 5" wide). Maybe concrete padstones will be required here. Supreme L03 Steel Reinforced Concrete Lintel - 100 x 65 x 1200mm. Has excellent adhesion and resists slumping but build up in several layers, allowing each to dry before adding more. Obviously a decent HSS bit is essential 5 or 6mm (any recommedcations, I normally use dewalt) nice and slow as I. KBJ Active Member. . BuilderMCR, Feb 12, 2014. 32 mm. talk, Oct 19, 2008 #1. You'll most likely be chucking it away after use as it'll be too blunt to be of much use (unless of course you're equipped and skilled to sharpen it). The lintel will need replacement as it carries the roof weight almost directly with not many courses of brick above for buffering and spreading the weight. See my rubbish diagram. I'd rake that out a bit then fill with toupret masonry filler (powder and add water) masking tape around to keep tidy and protect window with hardboard or something. Break out the lintel with a kango in pieces. The cracks only span as wide as the window itself, around 3m, and are only maximum 1mm in width. They would be cracking or sagging by now if the lintels aren't enough. Either a solid wall lintel or concrete internally and L shaped steel externally, all @1500 in length. e. 30 mins later van and Oxyacetylene cylinders set up. Garden room lintel. As the top of the window will only. handyman. Lintels 44 products Compare Sort Sort Expamet Concrete Lintel, (W)100mm 7 options (3) £ 13. Severntrent Screwfix Select Assuming its a 3" x 4" lintel to C16 grade then calculation shows that strength and deflection wise its in required capacity, calculation was done using a loading nearly 1. It's a source of noise and draught but not sure how and if it should be covered. Is it OK to simple take out the steel and wood frames and replace with the PVC one or do I need to put a lintel of some. D. Some info: The lintel length will be 1200mm (150mm overhang on each side) but not sure what height and depth to buy. CLEARANCE. 1. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. I was worried if i needed anymore width. 3 high, max 4 metre to apex roof. 5-5 mm. 4 x 0. The wall plate is supporting to roof rafters as well as roof so there is some load. 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 lintel actually sits partially inside the box so it needs to come out, remember this when you get the lintel and when fitting it. 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. The easiest/most effective solution is to drill into the lintel. Lintel. downstairs bay window frame is cracking and was also fitted on to loose brick work which the company just repointed . #4. The old windows have no lintel, I read in the good old days the wood was strong enough to support bricks. Two questions: 1. However this only appears to work for some drill holes and not for others. All you see is the steel lip and then the bricks. 101mm Working Length. The lintel sounds hollow when tapped and doesn't seem to be any bricks above it - went into loft - no insulation above and just seems to be boards. #2. I'm embarking on building an extension on to the back of my house. com. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Steel Lintel. You've done structural work so BC should have an involvement. The chimney is now completely out and supported in the loft but the. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Opening fireplace - lintels. Buy great products from our Steel Lintels Category online at Wickes. Available in a variety of options. That would be plenty to go under it and still leave you about 80 - 55mm of lintel to put the acrows onto. 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. What lintel is on the outer skin? Or is it an arch. stevie22 Screwfix Select. So do they normally a one continuous lintel or both houses have separate lintels. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Replacing lintel. Probably 200x100. Hence RHS will have the required stiffness. Thanks in advance Vin , Jan. Acrow into place. Walls approx 2. Use like a regular powdered filler. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by shaun1235456, Apr 13, 2017. So the lintel manufacturers are more likely the ones spreading such tosh. 6m wide opening. Jord86 Screwfix Select. if using a lintel to support removal of a supporting wall, does it matter which way you place the lintel? I’m just thinking aesthetically and obviously will consult a builder before doing anything. ), with virtually no risk of the bricks above moving. sospan Screwfix Select. There. I also see on some lintel' manufacture website, they. 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. I have a couple rotten joists by the front door (hall) and a rotten lintel above the door on the lower ground floor. Break out the lintel with a kango in pieces. Screwfix Community Forum. New Member. You need an S/E to calculate the new lintel ( structural works ) which will carry the loads. #2. Screwfix Community Forum. Hello. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Sam Dingle. Thermal block has cracked diagonally starting from the end of the lintel, both towards the window opening and away from it, and has crumbled away in places. Special Order. Some look like they’ve been repaired previously but now have hairline cracks again. sagging. 2kN/sqm, So half of a 3. Design will show that a 65mm p/s concrete lintel is ok - cost about £10. talk New Member. The first thing I noticed is maybe minor. Don't use a disc cutter: you will fill the house with dust in nothing flat and SWMBO will get seriously stressed. PFC Plates - Galvanised Steel. 6 x 0. . 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. Home Forums > Screwfix. Mix up like a regular powdered filler. The lintel has failed at the end, you can see outside where the end has been patched up. ProDave, Aug 18, 2007. The Stressline fair faced prestressed concrete lintel, 100mm wide x 215mm high, 2. Click and Collect is available or enjoy free UK delivery on selected orders over £150 ex VAT. Morning, Any suggestions for fitting brackets where a lintel is in place? I am touching the steel after 15, 20mm. I have no idea how to overcome that as the brackets will not hold up when. VAT) prestressed concrete lintel. if 1200mm or less, 100mm bearing is sufficient, if greater than 1200mm, 150mm minimum bearing required. As you say the lintel is only holding 1 row of bricks so not supporting a very heavy load. Put the required lintel spec on a B&Q trade note pad. Nowadays they are often pre-stressed in the neutral plane. I usually use 20mm stones , sand and cement (2, 2, 1) If you make strong formwork with say 18mm plywood with support behind the stones will just disappear into the mix. 42 per M. 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. There used to be lintels made by Dorman Long which went over the top of the concrete lintel to take the outer. As a temporary fix, hubby screwed a heavy-duty angle bracket (like for a roof joist) into that corner, and wedged in another "jamb" on that side. Screwfix Community Forum. Buy Builders Metalwork at Screwfix. Vin, Jan 11, 2015 #2. All you see is the steel lip and then the bricks. The project has secured Building Consent from local planning although there has been no. I would have said not to be concerned but the crack is also on the. A concrete lintel would suffice, the bottom course of bricks should be able to be drilled and taken out carefully then the new lintel inserted with compo to take up any gaps, you can then use a regular height firedoor. Prestressed concrete lintels are an excellent solution in providing economical and robust masonry support over door. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Judith Birkett, Nov 8, 2020. 6 meter bifold doors in the front of the extension. Is it ok to drill into a concrete lintel or should I stick a wooden plinth on top and use that to hang the blind? 2. Steve, just so you know the theory of the concrete lintel. white rabbit Member. Houses are 150+ years old and the lintels are very wet/rotten and have started to fall out. There will only be 2 courses of concrete blocks above them then a steel profile sheet roof. The lintel is only supporting the inner skin of block work. I figure the lintel does not offer bearing to the bricks above. It may have been cast in place and bars have gone rusty plus water got in it so it's cracked. 20mm at its most extreme and it’s pulled brickwork to the right the window, causing quite a lot of cracking. 2m. so a 140x100 is 140 high as concrete lintels only span a single leaf of bricks. 2 = 2kN/m run of lintel so provided the lintel you are proposing quotes a Safe Working Load greater than this then all is good. Or is there some other method that would work. as it's not only the lintel that has suffered. This gives me a 200mm overlap on each end. Hi can anyone suggest how to fit upvc fascia board to this sandstone lintel i was thinking of just no more nails some sort of wooden subframe I've got. It's not just a question of replacing the lintel either. #1. £177. While I think this is the easiest option it might look the worst. No no handy A bit like a standard brick, but a bit more of a hard bar steward! Compo on top of your lintel. Danblez New Member. I anticipate the lintel being directly above the French sliding door, because the cavity wall above is basically : Outer skin – 4 bricks high (then joists on top) Inner skin – one (aircrete) block plus one brick high (then joists on top) If I needed to have the lintel higher, then this is a pain, because I couldn’t use a full block on the. I am planning to purchase a semi detached property, which has got 2 concrete lintels inside the integral-garage which supports the wall above. When knocking through the builders put a concrete lintel on the brick wall side but on the other wall (breezeblock I think!) the wall is supported by wood. i am planning on rebuilding a calssic car and would like to make this a single opening door. It's often cheaper to use steels with a plate welded on for the face work. 1. The existing lintels in the garage above the doors are box lintels. from $586 12 from. stuart44 Screwfix Select. The lintel only needs to support 4 courses of bricks above the door. Yes it’s good enough but there are better ways (in my opinion) such as either insert new joists alongside the old, or cut two inches off the joist ends and insert a trimmer joist section bolted to the outer wall, then fix the joists to that with joist hangers. Severntrent Screwfix Select Load acting on lintel is basically the weight of a 45 degree triangular wedge of brickwork acting from above the opening, Assuming a 800mm opening and weight of 100mm thick brickwork being 200kg/m2 the load on lintel= 0. 1m will give a UDL of 19. com. I use a 4mm cobalt bit from the competition (you get a pack of two for a few pence). Abrickie Screwfix Select From those photos, it looks like the it’s a very slight arch, which makes sense as there is no sign the original window sat forward in the outer skin of brickwork, if this is the case the arch needs rebuilding not a lintel inserting. . I have a door opening of 1. If it is a lintel with two bars, depending on which way up the lintel it is laid the bars can be quite close to the surface. It's a wall dividing two rooms & usually front & back, plus it's the mid way support for the 1st floor joists, & wall continues up & will divide two bedrooms, the wall then supports the bottom chord of the truss which the ceillings are fixed to. uk. I am planning to make my own concrete lintels for above a garage door, door width is 2200mm so planning the lintel length at 3000mm. Density of thermalite block say 730kg /m3 (depends on specific block used), hence 110kg /m2 for 150mm thick block. £29. 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. replace lintel and then have the joints repointed to ensure integrity between bricks. 5kn per sq metre. Jord86, Aug 29, 2022. There isn't a big enough clearance for the key to miss the lintel. We do have a metal bar running across the opening but it’s only 10mm think and 50mm wide. It’s a cavity wall construction with block internal walls and brick external with timber rafters spanning the width of the building topped with concrete roof tiles. Buy Structural Fixings at Screwfix. sospan Screwfix Select. 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. 64m2. Pack in mortar tightly all around. Aaron Mcculla New Member. 5 metre joist ends for a bedroom, whoever put the doorway in just cut the. Begin by drilling a shallow hole on low power before increasing the speed and engaging the hammer feature. Abrickie Screwfix Select. For the sake of a bit of extra work and sorting that mess out just hire a couple of size 0 acrows, a couple of strongboys, stitch drill the mortar bed joint and bang them in above the higher lintel, remove all the cack underneath that's not needed and insert a new lintel once the brickwork is tidied up. My issue is that I cannot seem very to find the same width and height lintel at 1. Remove the windows and put a Catnic steel lintel in place making sure that there will be enough support on the left and right. My solution would be to fit a Catnic lintel above the stone lintel that is a good 150mm wider each side, this would relive the weight off the broken stone lintel. The bricks under the lintol should be kept too the line. Would a 100 x 65 lintel be sufficient given that there is very little weight above or should I go bigger. Yes you can fit a door there, yes you will need a lintel and yes you can reposition the strap or cut the majority off and fix the remaining to the four courses of bricks. Rebar is just steel, so any metal drilling bit should be fine. This will be like trying to support a loadbearing wall on a folding steel rule. . Step 1 - Stripping wallpaper to see plaster board identify existing lintel and remove render. Typically made from galvanized steel and designed to be installed quickly and safely. 2/ mortar up the 2 end bearings drop the lintel onto these then backfill the upper surface. I was going to ensure each end of whatever lintel that I get is embedded in the wall by at least 150mm each side. 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. Step 3 - Remove center prop and fill with mortar repeat for props left and right, wait 5 days. The lintel should have minimum 100mm bearing either side. The job was due to be done within a month but various delays meant that didn’t happen. e. 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. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Lintel? Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by ir, Apr 15, 2010. Trying to put a plug in for a new fixing and getting refusal at 20mm. 5m window. CGN, Jan 16, 2022. Sean_ork, Sep 20, 2013. 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. Chang New Member. As if by magic the lintel cost £90. If windows were fitted by a window company then they should have notices this at the surveyor. I did my best, used standard lintel which I would normally use in similar situation. The lintel is on a double story, solid double skin extension with a single slope roof on the back of a Victorian terrace and the clear span is 1300mm. #2. jpeg File size: 601. When doing decorating your can see the solider bricks directly above the window frame hence why I'm assuming there is no external. Thanks We want to extend this opening from 46" to 55",I know I need a 1800 x 100 concrete lintel but not sure of what height I need,the 1 fitted is 65 mm many thanks. I would like to replace the lintels as it got a crack. Buy Structural Fixings at Screwfix. After the new lintels are in place. Joe the Plumber, Feb 17, 2019. CLEARANCE. thanks for the advice about not needing a. I reckon the start of my opening will be 450mm away. This added over 50% more cost to. Mix up like a regular powdered filler. rogerk101, Feb 16, 2022. The both garages of both houses are in the mid part. co. Not impressive work by the builder. Supplied in a weatherproof bag. Hi I am doing exactly the same as you with Georgian sash windows, with L lintels above the. HandyAndy - Really. I've some concerns about whether or not the job has been done properly. Once this is achieved, you can happily remove the brickwork below the new lintel. Catnic do a variety of heavy duty lintels, but at the top end of extreme duty are around £500-£600 for that span. I suppose option 2 makes it easier to get the lintel. 65x1. The distance from the internal lintel to front of bricks is 90mm. The ground floor is orignal 500mm thick singel skin walls with 2 windows which have old wooden lintels both windows under 1m. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Lee Swain, Jan 10, 2022. Lots of head scratching from fitters. don't drill into the lintel. Option 2 - I replace the cracked concrete lintel with a new concrete lintel and remove the RSJ. stuart44 Screwfix Select. catnick,. 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. I'm starting to notice some smalls cracks above a few lintels. Step 1: is the lintel man enough to carry the loads? Step 2: install following manufacturers instructions to prop during brickwork as span > 1500. P. Anyway it cost me £180 to have one installed and they used props to hold up brickwork. S Builders New Member. #11. Bob Rathbone Screwfix Select. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Joe1985, Aug 9, 2021. the other dimensions of it was 100*65, would this be strong enough. Any ideas please? fred812, Jun 18, 2021. Whereas the usual DPC in a brickwall is 150 cm above ground level in the diagram the lintel is sitting much further down and getting wet from both top and bottom. SJ, Dec 15, 2003 #2. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Upvc fascia board/lintel. Architect has advised to use a box 200 lintel, but what are my options. Has anyone heard of lintels sagging because of a. 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. tore81 Screwfix Select. 01. D. Hi. Busterhymen Active Member. 31 each (Inc. Phil the Paver Screwfix Select If you are removing the door to leave an opening, then i would fit a concrete lintel in above the door frame before you remove it, and then plaster over it after. It can do, depending on the age of the building. stevie22 Screwfix Select. Personally I think mortar makes sense (so long as there's no shrinkage issues) as the bricks the lintel are bedding on aren't the most level surfaced in the world. Just buy a small cheap one if you don't have one. When I insert the lintel is it best to:-. Then finish with mortar and leave the Acro's in overnight. 75 x 6. 2kN/sqm, So half of a 3. It's not just a question of replacing the lintel either. sagging. You need to check with whoever has speccd them to ensure they meet structural design. D. Hi Jitender. 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. FREE next day delivery available, free collection in 1. Hi, I've been having some trouble drilling into a lintel above a couple of windows, I'm fitting new blinds. Catnic do a variety of heavy duty lintels, but at the top end of extreme duty are around £500-£600 for that span. This could be a very easy DIY job if that wall above the opening ain't holding the ceiling/floor joists up. It's solid but I know rust eats through eventually which has scared me a little. I've taken the chimney out in my house and whilst I was removing it found it was partly being supported by what I can only describe as a concrete lintel that is inserted into the party wall, presumably for counter leverage. #9. Thanks for any advice. Abrickie Screwfix Select From those photos, it looks like the it’s a very slight arch, which makes sense as there is no sign the original window sat forward in the outer skin of brickwork, if this is the case the arch needs rebuilding not a lintel inserting. Hi, I'm a building a garden room out of 3 x2 cls c24. The bricks are probably over-hanging the lintel edges so you can't see anything. 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. 3 lintels in total. Screwfix customers rate this product 4. The wall is very cold to touch during the. Order online at Screwfix. 99 Inc Vat. Agree with Jord comments above. Joe the Plumber Screwfix Select. 60 metre garage out of 6 inch solids, the span of the door is 4. If you’ve got a brand new drill bit, you’ll find it quick and easy. This is why is quite important to drill a pilot hole 1mm less than the screw to get a good fixing. Support bracket for removal of internal chimney breast. Support bracket for removal of internal chimney breast. 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. Probably be Universal Beams. I have exposed the internal side of the concrete lintel above my lounge window as I was adding insulation behind the plasterboard. The fact that you have wooden lintels suggests that your house was constructed before WW2, in which case, it will have used lime mortar for the brickwork. Funnily enough this prop doesn't actually sit over where I want to knock out the opening. Its a 1930's house - not sure when cavities came in.