1m lintel as per my report to knock down a load bearing wall. So the lintel manufacturers are more likely the ones spreading such tosh. I am guessing (emphasis on guessing) that the SDS is quickly going through plaster and maybe. The UK’s leading retailer of. Hi. The outer leaf dropped and the frame distorted. A window company I've used before gave me a reasonable quote for the doors, but they've given me an estimate of £1,500 - £2k to put a lintel in. e. A stone head will be sit above and in front of the sash window. 5kn. Infill insulation and plasterboard. 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. I am planning to purchase a semi detached property, which has got 2 concrete lintels inside the integral-garage which supports the wall above. HandyAndy - Really. I can't use battens side or face fix. ElecCEng Screwfix Select. It'll need to be galvanised so the exposed soffit doesn't rust. #3. Houses are 150+ years old and the lintels are very wet/rotten and have started to fall out. It is possible to span 3 metres easily with the correct lintel. Hi all, Bit of a random question! I have an aluminium blind that I want to hang (top mounted) in a window recess. Your screws are too short and the self tapping side of things is pointless for this scenario. Weight of load assuming single skin London stock = 212kg/m2. There isn't a big enough clearance for the key to miss the lintel. You will have a whole load of the house down around your ears. 5m window. 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. This supports 2 seperate steel lintels. 99 Inc Vat Click & Collect Delivery OX Trade XL-10 Masonry Segmented Diamond Blade 115mm x 22. Chang New Member. It's all right to do but good luck doing it, I have cast insitu concrete lintels in my house and have fitted vertical blinds, what a nightmare it was drilling the lintel, you need to aim for the middle if possible because of the reinforcing wire tends to run along each side, normally a couple of inches in from the edge. #3. PFC Plates - Galvanised Steel. I the house is 1950s all brickwork and I need to replace the lintels above the doors as there will not be a big enough overhang each side. Just use a 6mm drill bit straight through the steel. . There has obviously been a timber lintel there before the pvc cowboys came along and fitted the existing door. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Lintel. I am looking to put a concrete lintel above this which will support a single coarse of blocks and the flat roof. Bed it in nicely, and allow the mortar to set for. The rules as I understand them is a lintel up to 1200mm can have a 100mm bearing, longer than that and it's 150mm min. Total load unfactored = 1. I am putting some blinds up and need to drill into a solid steel lintel. from $586 12 from. Put the required lintel spec on a B&Q trade note pad. As far as I can tell the lintel is just a relatively thin metal sheet. Remove loose paint and wire brush lintel, then dust down. 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. It may have been cast in place and bars have gone rusty plus water got in it so it's cracked. 01m to allow a UPVC exterior door to be installed in the entrance. Now have upvc windows. 5 x 200 =32 kg. 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. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by goldeneye78, Jul 26, 2018. Or if you have some money rent one from a local rental place (cheaper than the chains). Hopefully the picture helps. Aaron Mcculla New Member. We want to install a Lintel which spans the whole of the rear of the house so we don't end up with pillars on the wall which separates the. In the days before lintels, you will always see a relief arch about 4 courses above an opening. 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. #11. 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. Discussion in ' Builders' Talk ' started by Andrew De'ath, May 26, 2020 . Bearing should be 'solid'. Begin by drilling a shallow hole on low power before increasing the speed and engaging the hammer feature. #6. This will prevent the stones from falling away when they're disturbed. #2. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Opening fireplace - lintels. Rockwool stops the concrete touching the pipes and so provides a gap around them. The smaller the drill bit. 7m above the sewer then assuming the lines of influence spreadout at 45 degrees then a 3. Add to Cart. Here are the pictures. The bricks will be supported on a plate welded to the underside. Problem is, the top side of the recess is basically a steel lintel covered with plasterboard, so I'm really not sure how to attach the mounting brackets as guessing screwing into steel is not going to work. com. I suppose option 2 makes it easier to get the lintel. #19. Whatever your steel lintel requirements are, we've got it. Discussion in. I am looking to put a concrete lintel above this which will support a single coarse of blocks and the flat roof. It'll be ridiculously heavy. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk. PAGE 1 OF 2. The both garages of both houses are in the mid part. I’m widening the door frames in my house to 76cm ones. ElecCEng, Aug 27, 2020. 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. It's a heavy lift, but two strong people can do it. When it is cold it is contracted leaving small gaps between the brick and the pointing for which rainwater can get into, when it is warm it is flushed with the bricks. I reckon the start of my opening will be 450mm away. Hi. Galintel 75mm x 10mm x 1600mm Galvanised Flat Lintel Flat. This may also help with the heights because if an engineer can prove it, you may be able to get away with a beam on the internal skin along with the bottom plate. I've fit new french doors, uPVC ones. Acrow into place. 64m2. You must support the floor and wall above properly with acro's and needles before attempting to remove the brickwork. 5 wood screw- job done. If you’ve got a brand new drill bit, you’ll find it quick and easy. 1. The first thing I noticed is maybe minor. Jimbo Screwfix Select. Don't use one of those saws. Rebar is just steel, so any metal drilling bit should be fine. £75. Secure and support timber & masonry structures safely & professionally. Lintels are designed to support masonry above an opening, whether it be filled with a window, door frame or nothing at all. 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. stevie22 Screwfix Select. P. Why remove the roof? I'd wrap the whole lot with external insulation. Screwfix Community Forum. Rebuild brickwork above lintel and allow to set. #2. 2/ mortar up the 2 end bearings drop the lintel onto these then backfill the upper surface. Perhaps a better question would be are most/all window lintels no higher than a course of bricks - i. Our engineer specified a PCC lintel for use where the downstairs wall supports a glulam beam, that's in turn taking the upstairs floor joists. 50 - £ 35 View options Catnic ANG Lintels - 1200mm Steel Angle Lintel £ 51 Add to. So this was the main lintel over the garage span supporting the upper story. sandbags89, Aug 29, 2023. 0. One opening will need to support three floor joists at midspan. After seeing the disasters down my road, when I replaced my wooden windows (that had brick on edge soldiers above), I used IG L9 & L10 steel lintels. Even composite ones with a single bar in the centre or neutral plane can have a rough top as a key for the brickwork. There is actually an existing opening into another room which sits right. There. This added over 50% more cost to. #11. Steve, just so you know the theory of the concrete lintel. Screwfix Community Forum. Special Order. Anyone could help to explain their advantages and dis vantages. The lintel looks to have wood going through it (as per images) and I cant find anything online as to why this might be?Jord86 said: ↑. talk, Oct 19, 2008 #1. Hi Jitender. 4. 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. Bobby Dazzler, Nov 9, 2020 #2. So the ops 1. I saw three of the four lintels that the builder took out. We always allow more than this, especially if using very lightweight blocks below, as it spreads the weight a bit more. Notnowvicar Screwfix Select. When he finally turned up on site, he said the existing lintel wasn’t big enough and we’d need a new lintel. Screwfix Community Forum. ChrisLong Member. A concrete lintel is by far the best way to go. We are constructing a new concrete block double garage and the Architect has specified a Catnic lintol for the 3. Notnowvicar Screwfix Select. Either a solid wall lintel or concrete internally and L shaped steel externally, all @1500 in length. Drill hole- fix bracket with a twin thread 4. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by neilbick, Mar 22, 2022. Screwfix Community Forum. Most probably yes. VAT) prestressed concrete lintel. Having the lintel more or less touching the frame isn't a problem, it just shows they measured an manufactured the windows accurately as you don't want big gaps. Make up some platforms on trestles or scaffold so you can do the lift in stages. The lintel above one of the upper floor windowes is looking less than great but I don't know how bad really. Buy online & collect in hundreds of stores in as little as 1 minute! Free returns. I'm starting to notice some smalls cracks above a few lintels. stuart44 Screwfix Select. I have no idea how to overcome that as the brackets will not hold up when. talk New Member. 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. 01. You need to get yourself at least two, maybe three acrows with strongboy head attachments and slot the strongboys under the dodgy blocks then fit the acrow props on top of a plank of wood to spread the load distribution, then jam the acrows under the strongboys and. two foot wide is mentioned - so 2 props either side of the opening, needles through, with 2 more on the other side of the wall taking the other end of the support member/needle - somewhat simillar to the below. Designed for use with timber and masonry structures, they provide structural support and reinforcement. An surveyor will probably cost £100 for the call out, inspection and short report and advice on how to fix it. 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. CLEARANCE. i was going to add a piece of kingspan insulation behind the speakers. I'm trying to drill some holes above a wide window in a 1960s/1970s ex-council house to fix some brackets (top fixing) for some blinds in the kitchen. get a longer curtain rail and a length of 22mm (or whatever the metric size is) x 125mm redwood. 65x1. 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. The Stressline fair faced prestressed concrete lintel, 100mm wide x 215mm high, 2. 8m. Wanting some advice. 6kg required. Why do you think you need a steel beam? If there is just a roof above it, then a 200mm x 45mm section timber should be fine. #9. Buy online & collect in hundreds of stores in as little as 1 minute! 30 day money back guarantee. The wall plate is supporting to roof rafters as well as roof so there is some load. 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. Would a 100 x 65 lintel be sufficient given that there is very little weight above or should I go bigger. I can see that the brick work above the doors sags a bit in the middle, it was like this before but is something that i. And there is a wooden frame around the PVCu door frame. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Aron82, Nov. Danblez New Member. Andrew Gill Member. Then prepare opening to receive new lintel/s and make good brickwork that ends of lintel will rest upon. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Steve_11, Mar 4, 2021. The easiest/most effective solution is to drill into the lintel. Above the exisiting window is a large wooden lintel that is in good. Steel Shelf Angle Lintel. midland_phil New Member. (1)Chop it out and build a brick arch over the actual fireplace, no lintel required, brick up sides as normal. You could use a self tapper if you're feeling especially technical but there really is no need, imo. No no handy A bit like a standard brick, but a bit more of a hard bar steward! Compo on top of your lintel. 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. Abrickie Screwfix Select. Discussion in ' Builders' Talk ' started by Alhashed, 4 minutes ago . You’re not the source at all mate, sorry for souring your thread, ask away all you like. Would anyone know if there is an issue and what I should expect to pay to get it sorted. Aluminium sliding doors being fitted this week. Any help here would be much appreciated. replace lintel and then have the joints repointed to ensure integrity between bricks. Hello, I just had a random question. 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. Unless it's an unusually wide doorframe, don't bother with mechanical fixings in the head, once frame is fixed in position through the jambs, squirt expanding foam all around the back and head to close any gaps, insulate and further secure in position, it'll. the idea of bridging pipes is so when the building settles the pipes aren't affected. 31 each (Inc. Use either lintel or angle iron between brackets. 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. JED, Dec 10, 2004. So ref your other post about the steel, it has to carry. You won't lose any internal floor area and having the thermal mass (ie brick wall and concrete slab) inside the insulation will make a big difference. I don’t believe it is a cavity wall. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by adamgee, May 29,. And besides as said, they are liable to restore. Most BCO are happy with this. I wasn't provided with building regs or drawings and used my 25 years experience during job. 2m window over a smaller 1. #2. Click & Collect. or. Also is it ok to use a little expanding foam . Erbauer Straight Shank Ground HSS Drill Bits 12mm x 151mm 5 Pack (24565) (403) compare. The top of the french door (1800mm wide) and two windows(1200mm wide each) will be in the top layer of blocks - i. The opening's been narrowed and shortened at some point in the past (I get the feeling this was done by a previous owner rather than a professional). This is why is quite important to drill a pilot hole 1mm less than the screw to get a good fixing. Another possibility is a lintel has cracked but again this is major issue not a £350 invisible repair! Honestly I can not imagine any work that a) a window company would do 2) would cause no disruption 3) would only cost £350. 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". when i removed the old timber frame patio doors i noticed that there didn't appear to be a lintel on the outer brick wall, only a concrete one on the inner block wall. Buy Builders Metalwork at Screwfix. Lintel with slope within the cavity 2. From the outside the lintel looks entirely intact but obviously the inside could have rusted and failed and be pushing outwards. 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. Builders Metalwork. Probably be Universal Beams. 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. rogerk101, Feb 16, 2022. Write a review. The part picture is the widest. I figure the lintel does not offer bearing to the bricks above. sorted. wardoss, Nov 29, 2006. Hello Everyone, We are currently renovating an old victorian property and we are wanting to make an alteration downstairs. I also see on some lintel' manufacture website, they. back in 2016 I had windows and doors fitted. Has anyone heard of lintels sagging because of a. D. Explore our. You can use a specialy made plastic cavity box or use wide damp profe membrane. 8kn. Lintels 44 products Compare Sort Sort Expamet Concrete Lintel, (W)100mm 7 options (3) £ 13. com. There is no lintel so i began to put one in but was wondering if i could open up the fireplace wider as in right to the edge. The hip roof trusses are 1. 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. Hi Jitender. £13. My issue is that I cannot seem very to find the same width and height lintel at 1. The house is 1930s brick and original windows have steel frames set into a wooden frame with a soldier course above. Galintel 85mm x 7mm x 1400mm Galvanised Flat Lintel Flat Bar (0) $47. Prevent heating of the drill bit by using water. £75. Non composite are. This lintel was already in need of redecorating as there is significant evidence of past water ingress, however having lived in the house since 2016. 09 Inc Vat. stuart44 Screwfix Select. 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. Ian Dingwall New Member. Hausfix, Jun 13, 2022. 5 wood screw- job done. 2m. 60. Hi, I've been having some trouble drilling into a lintel above a couple of windows, I'm fitting new blinds. If you really want to be safe then when you come to replace the windows you get a structural engineer in first. You should find a wooden lintol behind the arch, supporting the inside brickwork. Jitender Screwfix Select. when you open the door. 2m) would mean that there would be some minimal loading on the pipe. Correct way to do this would be to use accrow props with stronboys. A lintel, whether concrete,metal should have a minimum bearing of 150mm bearing each end,now't wrong with a lintel having a bit more support each end. Handyandy Screwfix Select. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Landscaping and Outdoors > Concrete lintels concreted into the ground to support shed, advice. 5kn. However this only appears to work for some drill holes and not for others. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Jord86 Screwfix Select Some pictures of the whole wall would be helpful. Currently opened up my fireplace and installed a new lintel:910mm opening with a 1200mm lintel inserted is this sufficient enough also found that I have another older lintel above it one more also in the bedroom fireplace just a diyer so any help would be great thanksTong New Member. 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). Garden room lintel. I have been told that I need 2 7x4 steel lintels bolted together to span 2. What lintel is on the outer skin? Or is it an arch. Bearings at each end must be at least 150mm. From my experience BC have asked for accompanying calculations for every steel or lintel I have ever fit. Morning, I need to buy a. 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. 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. If you were to remove the plaster vertically, you will come across the actual lintel, which will be wider. 8m) Rather more than a rotten piece of timber strength of not much more than 0kN/m, with the. From flat steel lintels to catnic steel lintels. 8m opening with a 65mm lintel is capable of 1. My single story extension shed has had the lintel above the door entrance raised from 1. I am guessing (emphasis on guessing) that the SDS is quickly going through plaster and maybe. Nick058162 New Member. I going to go with CN71A (catnic), as it removes the need for two courses of bricks and is strong. Build up the right hand wall to support the lintel then cut away the excess on the left. We thought about putting a timber batten above the window on the inside wall, but the plaster and paint for the whole room is really uneven, so we're just trying to get some. Cheers. 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. Screwfix Community Forum. Or hire a builder for a day. Little bit confused about the amount of choice regarding concrete lintels. Would a 100 x 65 lintel be sufficient given that there is very little weight above or should I go bigger. etc. The dimensions of the existing wooden lintel is: Width 1100mm. I would arrange for someone to come and certify him. ), with virtually no risk of the bricks above moving. Maybe concrete padstones will be required here. So the lintel really just prevents that first brick dropping out, which could rapidly lead to others following and the 'breaking' of the 'arch' and total collapse. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Lintel type. The existing lintels in the garage above the doors are box lintels. The images attached should go some way in showing the problem. 75 x 6. Anyway, because of the positioning of the lintel, I needed to trim down the bricks to fit. Today, with the cr@ppy weather, I have a drip coming from the lintel of a ground floor window. It is quite normal to have the slight overhang, wider than 6mm if that's the way it works out. After the new lintels are in place. They are refusing to pay saying wrong lintel was put in and waiting for structural engineer to do his report. This could be a RSJ steel lintel or concrete lintel. 30 mins later van and Oxyacetylene cylinders set up. With concrete up top, a prestressed concrete lintel would not look out of place. 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. 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. Walls approx 2. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Joe1985, Aug 9, 2021. #6. If i use a catnic lintel then you will be able to see the underside of the lintel rather than the stone head. 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. I've some concerns about whether or not the job has been done properly. I would have expected to use accro props with strong bows min of 3 for the big one. So you need to find a steel stockholders / fabricators (London's not my area - sorry) and ask them for 2 n. Want some proper acrows supporting that lot, also lintel need a minimum bearing of 150mm each end. The overhang is approx 130mm each end - googled it and. There are 2 main types, composite and non composite. qwas123 Screwfix Select.