Phil the Paver Screwfix Select. And there is a wooden frame around the PVCu door frame. It’s all a bit awkward, as it’s where near where my water and electric mains come into the house and there is some legacy mess of the electric box and a bunch of cables etc. On the ones without a steel lintel a roll of 18inch Hyload could be used to form a tray, or sometimes lead. I’ve got a solid brick wall at around 350mm thickness with an opening of 2. An surveyor will probably cost £100 for the call out, inspection and short report and advice on how to fix it. Height 55mm. Mix up like a regular powdered filler. 3 high, max 4 metre to apex roof. Make up some platforms on trestles or scaffold so you can do the lift in stages. 1 windows lintel looks a little rotten so I am thinking it will need replacing. 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). trowel New Member. Jitender Screwfix Select. From flat steel lintels to catnic steel lintels. All you see is the steel lip and then the bricks. 8m to 2. 5m window. And there is a wooden frame around the PVCu door frame. OP you're overthinking. 2m. We are constructing a new concrete block double garage and the Architect has specified a Catnic lintol for the 3. The wall plate is supporting to roof rafters as well as roof so there is some load. The bricks are 102mm, the lintol shelf is 96mm. The easiest/most effective solution is to drill into the lintel. 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. Supplied in a weatherproof bag. Joe the Plumber Screwfix Select. The plate is rotten as well, along with some of the joists which are also being replaced. Notnowvicar, Feb 23, 2023. 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. Either a solid wall lintel or concrete internally and L shaped steel externally, all @1500 in length. I have BC coming round end of next as we are starting a 2nd story extension. S Builders New Member. As the top of the window will only. They have become a little wobbly since the. Screwfix Community Forum. So maybe the rule isn't quite "150mm" length of the bearing but the actual area, maybe 15,000 mm2 (150mm * 100mm)?The rotten lintel has caused the wall above it to drop on one side. = 509. Lintel with slope within the cavity 2. You can use a specialy made plastic cavity box or use wide damp profe membrane. 30 day money back guarantee. #2. 2 = 4. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Replacing lintel. Andrew Gill Member. I was thinking about putting a bit of timber although that would need brackets (i was thinking of a wooden block) on the end verticals to support it and worried it might all be a bit ugly/bulky. Bed your pad stone down as well. While I think this is the easiest option it might look the worst. Have you fixed the leak above them, because if not, that's. are you a taffy by any chance, dim dips**t. I use a 4mm cobalt bit from the competition (you get a pack of two for a few pence). 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. Bob Rathbone, May 7, 2023. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > Core Drill Above Lintel. 2/ mortar up the 2 end bearings drop the lintel onto these then backfill the upper surface. Read the table on you link your 65mm lintel over a 2. Step 1: is the lintel man enough to carry the loads? Step 2: install following manufacturers instructions to prop during brickwork as span > 1500. Inset lintels and bed in place with mortar. from $393 62 from. Don’t worry, it’s not especially difficult to do, however. I understand the loading to be 1. Wall on the right side of the opening (the compromised side) is 9cm thick, and wall on the left side is 25cm thick. 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. Hello, I just had a random question. 2m. You will need a lintel calculated for the new length. Current lintel fitted i think is 300mm x 90 mm concrete spanning both courses of brickwork. I managed to buy 2700mm long, 100mm by 150mm concrete lintels from my local builders merchant for my garage doors. . I’ve toyed with the idea of cutting the lintel back by 20mm and reusing the bricks or using an 5mm angle piece of. S Builders, Oct 12, 2008. Wall fillers and flexible fillers create a clean smooth and professional finish. if 1200mm or less, 100mm bearing is sufficient, if greater than 1200mm, 150mm minimum bearing required. The roof is a tiled type goong front to rear and pitched in construction. Joe1985 Guest. #9. Im after an opinion on the attached photo. com. com. Your screws are too short and the self tapping side of things is pointless for this scenario. Ian Dingwall New Member. #11. Screwfix Community Forum. Supreme L03 Steel Reinforced Concrete Lintel - 100 x 65 x 1200mm. That is some screws seem to make a sturdy fixing and others fall out, not griping into the lintel at all. 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. Galvanised, mild steel. Bearings at each end must be at least 150mm. Upstirs windows were fine as the lintel in the. Garden room lintel. Home Forums > Screwfix. rogerk101 Screwfix Select. 01m to allow a UPVC exterior door to be installed in the entrance. 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. There are different materials used for lintel beams depending on the design and. New-to-DIY likes this. I now need to fill this gap ensuring the wall above is supported and tidy enough to keep the building. I also see on some lintel' manufacture website, they. Depends on the size of the opening. The lintel will need to be approx 124. the idea of bridging pipes is so when the building settles the pipes aren't affected. It looks OK, no rot. sagging. Add to Cart. Discussion in ' Builders' Talk ' started by Andrew De'ath, May 26, 2020 . Acrow into place. Found a company called watco that do a 2 part epoxy resin filler for. i went to the bus station and booked. Here are the pictures. As far as I can tell the lintel is just a relatively thin metal sheet. 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. Live in a 1980s semi-detached house and during winter months we get excessive condensation on the recess wall above the bedroom window. It's a heavy lift, but two strong people can do it. #5. Chang New Member. The deviation is approx. CGN Screwfix Select. I would like to replace the lintels as it got a crack. The installers need to sort it properly. #2. Lintels are designed to support masonry above an opening, whether it be filled with a window, door frame or nothing at all. ElecCEng Screwfix Select. rogerk101 Screwfix Select. Any advice greatly appreciated. 2kN/sqm, So half of a 3. I reckon the start of my opening will be 450mm away. I am using an SDS drill with 5mm drill bit. Perhaps a better question would be are most/all window lintels no higher than a course of bricks - i. 5kn. The window company said they can put a lintel in but just want to check as I dont want a concrete intel. If it’s the latter, the doors would normally require a plate to be fixed through to of which it’s common for a steel beam and bottom plate to be designed and allowed for. I am building a concrete workshop which will have a doorway 1. As you can see the pad stone bearing (in yellow box) for lintel is 115mm instead of the minimal 150mm required. 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. Little bit confused about the amount of choice regarding concrete lintels. The dimensions of the existing wooden lintel is: Width 1100mm. 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. Originally it was an open fire when the house was built (around 1850) and then circa 1990s it was changed to a wood burner. I figure the lintel does not offer bearing to the bricks above. The ones with the black squares is where the window will be going. When lintels were cast insitu the steel was put in the bottom as this was in tension. Wooden windows were replaced with uPVC around 8 years ago and from what I read that may have contributed to the problem. No no handy A bit like a standard brick, but a bit more of a hard bar steward! Compo on top of your lintel. I used an angle grinder to cut through the bricks and got a fairly good result. £75. #2. JPG File size: 186. Use 75mm/3" screws, use a combination drill, a 6mm HSS twist drill bit to drill through the lintel, then a 6mm masonry bit or you may need a 6mm SDS bit with accompanying drill if the wall is concrete block as the normal masonry. #6. I’ve got a solid brick wall at around 350mm thickness with an opening of 2. So such a short lintel does not normally carry the weight of the masonry etc. Remove loose paint and wire brush lintel, then dust down. There will be guidelines on Birtley's website: what else do you want ? stevie22, Mar 30, 2023. Buy online & collect in hundreds of stores in as little as 1 minute! 30 day money back guarantee. Severntrent Screwfix Select 600 long x 215 deep lintel at a guess, width 100? ask the SE and tell him not to be so lazy, Doesn't give a load rating, lazy again?Well weather was ok so cracked on outside. P. Fixing could either be bolted through the beam or strapping however it depends on load. #3. Whatever your steel lintel requirements are, we've got it. 8 m wide. I figure the lintel does not offer bearing to the bricks above. Chang New Member. New Member. Product Type. Nowadays they are often pre-stressed in the neutral plane. 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. With concrete up top, a prestressed concrete lintel would not look out of place. £75. Drilling into a lintel seems like a bad idea, what with it holding up the wall and everything. I’ve taken away the wood surround to expose the brick work behind and I can’t see a lintel. Write a review. Buy a few and return them if it turns out that they weren't needed. Phil the Paver , Jan 14, 2017The new lintel edges would sit on roughly half a brick, see images below for a better idea on layout. 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. Footings and load calculations will be required. 1m will give a UDL of 19. As you can see there is a metal lintel above the doorway and it’s bedded into the wall I’m not removing and also laid on top of the lintel for the other doorway. 5 wood screw- job done. Can then sand down and shape like a regular filler, ready to paint. Clearly there was some major lack of coordination between the brick layers and the appropriate position of the window frames. 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. FREE next day delivery available, free collection in 1 minute. stuart44 Screwfix Select. To solve this we fitted a 'Catnic' lintel to support the outer leaf only. Screwfix Community Forum. 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. Roughly speaking do you think a H. I would have expected to use accro props with strong bows min of 3 for the big one. This method takes minutes - lintels and 2 pours takes hours!Hi I have a small room on the front of our house which has has what looks like two lintels put in, however I wanted to put a stud wall in attaching the head bar to one of the lintels. IMG_1762 (Large). Steel Shelf Angle Lintel. To ensure the soldier course bricks are flush with rest of the house the bricks have been cut down. Choose from top trade brands. The project has secured Building Consent from local planning although there has been no. Step 4 - hollow out chimney. or. stuart44 Screwfix Select. 4 kN/m (26kN/m if the span is 1. The cavity tray (as per lintel install guidelines) runs down the lintel and bedded under the first course of bricks / blocks that sit on the outer leaf of the cavity lintel, which lead. Aluminium sliding doors being fitted this week. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Jugs69, May 30, 2020. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Pawr, Apr 29, 2017. Use either lintel or angle iron between brackets. I have a Catnic single leaf angle lintel and the lip is 91mm. So the lintel manufacturers are more likely the ones spreading such tosh. Step 2 - install lintel and place props and strongboys wait 5 days for mortar to set. 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). We will move the lintol back a bit. Drill hole- fix bracket with a twin thread 4. Buy Resins at Screwfix. More than likely an L shaped steel that’s either cut right back into the house walls as a cantilever, or a piece attached to the apex and supported from the outer extension wall. Above the garage door will be cladded with cement board rather than be load bearing like blocks. That would be plenty to go under it and still leave you about 80 - 55mm of lintel to put the acrows onto. replace lintel and then have the joints repointed to ensure integrity between bricks. 65x1. 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. " It just doesn't give any indication how mature the mortar should be before removing the props - that's why I posted my question. 8kn. The. Hi Im running alarm cable to a door frame but there is a concrete lintel where above the door. stuart44, Severntrent and CGN like this. I’ve got concerns about how the lintel has been supported. Hopefully the picture helps. The span is 2300mm and there was a prestressed concrete lintel with a span of 2700mm. 7m above the sewer then assuming the lines of influence spreadout at 45 degrees then a 3. sospan Screwfix Select. Looking for advice on which lintel will be best suited for above the doors :concrete,steel etc,All the lintel will be carrying is 3 course of concrete blocks and 3 course of thermal blocks, Thanks for any help AaronThe hole wont require a lintel, but will require a big drill! A 9 inch thick solid wall indicates that it could be a Victorian house. Hi, I've been having some trouble drilling into a lintel above a couple of windows, I'm fitting new blinds. Cut a slot with an angle grinder with diamond blade. Read the table on you link your 65mm lintel over a 2. You’re not the source at all mate, sorry for souring your thread, ask away all you like. SJ, Dec 15, 2003 #2. Use 75mm/3" screws, use a combination drill, a 6mm HSS twist drill bit to drill through the lintel, then a 6mm masonry bit or you may need a 6mm SDS bit with accompanying drill if the wall is concrete block as the normal masonry. Morning, I need to buy a 3. Jord86 Screwfix Select. I did my best, used standard lintel which I would normally use in similar situation. 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. No no handy A bit like a standard brick, but a bit more of a hard bar steward! Compo on top of your lintel. These products are suitable for use on a variety of. 9 KB Views: 48. As above r2eally , when installing insulated cavity lintels do i need to cover with dpm and have weep holes, seems a bit hit and miss from info ive found so im not sure if you need todo this or not. Hi all, I have two non load bearing concrete blockwork walls. 4. Fischer FIS V Zero 300T Injection Mortar 300ml (498HL) compare. Some look like they’ve been repaired previously but now have hairline cracks again. A lintel is a beam placed above openings like doors and windows to support the structural load. 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. This will prevent the stones from falling away when they're disturbed. I merely pointed out that there is usually more than ONE correct terminology for the same thing. pdf (stressline. Made from top-quality steel, our drill bits are durable, long-lasting and able to withstand even the toughest of drilling tasks. #3. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by Judith Birkett, Nov 8, 2020. 4 metres. Whatever your steel lintel requirements are, we've got it. The wall was a double skin wall, originally the external wall to the house and therefore load bearing. Went to the merchants for a lintel yesterday, the bloke behind the counter said " how long do you want it ?" well . 6m. You need to check with whoever has speccd them to ensure they meet structural design. Stephen White New Member. They were L-shaped (so I'm guessing there's another lintel for the block part of the cavity wall). I've bought four lintels through them, all came from Jewsons but all much cheaper than I could get a quote. tomplum Active Member. So do they normally a one continuous lintel or both houses have separate lintels. . In the days before lintels, you will always see a relief arch about 4 courses above an opening. A lintel works with the wall during construction and it is at this point when it is under maximum stress. Current construction brick outside, breeze block inside with cavity. Therefore I think careful considered drilling will cause no problems. . Mr GrimNasty Active Member. I was going to ensure each end of whatever lintel that I get is embedded in the wall by at least 150mm each side. 8m long to accommodate the other window. get a longer curtain rail and a length of 22mm (or whatever the metric size is) x 125mm redwood. Handyandy Screwfix Select. 7 metre clear span (max) is capable of 1kn loads an average floor load is 1. Above the exisiting window is a large wooden lintel that is in good. e. 2m. 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. 8 x 0. Most BCO are happy with this. KIAB Super Member. multiply by a FoS of 1. 5 x 200 =32 kg. I think the boot lintels could be twisting causing the issue? I know the cracks are not very big, but if there is an issue I would like to get it sorted before it gets worse. Ask a question. 150 is the norm as you say with 100 ok at low span. I intend to replace the conservatory, but just find that the mortar above the lintel has cracks causing like 3-5mm horizontal gap. . It is quite normal to have the slight overhang, wider than 6mm if that's the way it works out. We always allow more than this, especially if using very lightweight blocks below, as it spreads the weight a bit more. 1. A stone head will be sit above and in front of the sash window. I was thinking about putting a bit of timber although that would need brackets (i was thinking of a wooden block) on the end verticals to support it and worried it might all be a bit ugly/bulky. The job was due to be done within a month but various delays meant that didn’t happen. 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. Support bracket for removal of internal chimney breast. These usually need to be re-cut and a lintel put in, but this is a major disruption both internally and externally. If the wall is load bearing and is 1200mm you may need a rsj. 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. It is possible to span 3 metres easily with the correct lintel. 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. 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. Thanks for any advice. Discussion in 'Builders' Talk' started by foxer fc, Sep 9, 2023. You've done structural work so BC should have an involvement. 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. The bricks are probably over-hanging the lintel edges so you can't see anything. Can then sand down and shape like a regular filler, ready to paint. The upstairs ones you cannot even see above the solider bricks before you hit the roof. com. 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. Order online at Screwfix. Imagine the lintel has sagged say 20mm in the middle and you want a level surface to attach your door frame fixings, level surface can be obtained by running a 25mm thick piece of wood fixed at the centre of the sag and and fixed at the outer edges with 20mm spacer pieces to fill in the gap between the lintel and. Attached Files: 2BC8545F-100F-48A7-9071-1FF1D5B8DBCC. Anyway, because of the positioning of the lintel, I needed to trim down the bricks to fit. When you can feel that the drill in nearly through then stop and use your 5 or 5. 4 x 0. same width does nothingdifferent than bedding the. Bob Rathbone Screwfix Select. I am currently rendering my 1930 semi detatched home. 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. Use either lintel or angle iron between brackets. Use the smallest bit to drill a pilot hole and work your way up to your required size. Even allowing for the dodgy brickwork/bits of. 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. The images attached should go some way in showing the problem. = 184. Home Forums > Screwfix Community Forum > Builders' Talk > timber lintel. I've fit new french doors, uPVC ones. So do they normally a one continuous lintel or both houses have separate lintels. More importantly, a solid concrete lintel crossing the cavity is a bad detail for cold bridging and damp. A concrete lintel is by far the best way to go. The material from which the windows are made has no influence on the strength of a lintel. But guess main question is does it matter, is there a gap above where the frame of the doors will go, with a metal lintel like that was expecting it to be dead flat especially as second storey still to go: Easier to see in this picture, if I put a long level over at front then rocks on the bend although quite hard to see in picture:Order online at Screwfix. Drill Bits. 3 - take out layer of bricks in the sides of stack and break into partition wall. They were happy With my work until they received final bill. Its an 80's house. HandyAndy - Really. Then fit lintel and angle grind out the opening, from both sides of the wall if its only a 4" grinder. 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. Nearly every switch drop that is within 6" of the doorway will have been notched into the lintel unless the plaster was thick enough to conceal the trunking/conduit. Above my lintels in my new extension, would you advise fitting Weep Ventilators along the lintel (or "Peep" Weeps Ventilators)? If so, what should the spacing between them be - I have a 1200 opening and a 1800 opening (lintels are 1500 and 2100 respectively). The problem is at present the existing concrete lintel needs to be either replaced or the load 600-800mm of blockwork above plus some weight of the floor supported by in effect extending the length of the. Its hard not knowing what the gap between the plasterboard and brick is etc. What about the lack of support over the kitchen window and double patio doors? Screwfix Community Forum. Screwfix Community Forum. from $586 12 from. Even allowing for the dodgy brickwork/bits of. or. Typically made from galvanized steel and designed to be installed quickly and safely. From my experience BC have asked for accompanying calculations for every steel or lintel I have ever fit. We do have a metal bar running across the opening but it’s only 10mm think and 50mm wide. Phones getting used. 4 kN/m (26kN/m if the span is 1. You select your lintel based on loading it needs to resist Based on your description you will need a lintel that can take Area of a 45 degree triangular load above lintel = width x half the height = 1. You'll need to screw PB to the wooden lintels. 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. Any help here would be much appreciated. Infill insulation and plasterboard. 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 is possible to span 3 metres easily with the correct lintel. The builder cleaned the bricks and mortar around the new lintels with brick cleaner to help disguise the work done on the house. So it’s supporting all the wall above it (2 floors) and then the roof above that etc. Don't use one of those saws. 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. D. 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. Hi I am doing exactly the same as you with Georgian sash windows, with L lintels above the. I would have said not to be concerned but the crack is also on the. So you need to find a steel stockholders / fabricators (London's not my area - sorry) and ask them for 2 n. 99 Inc Vat Click & Collect Delivery OX Trade XL-10 Masonry Segmented Diamond Blade 115mm x 22. Hammerman99, Mar 4, 2012. 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. I knocking through a single leaf door way from a living room into a newly converted garage (doorway opening will be 90cm) . stuart44 Screwfix Select. Secure and support timber & masonry structures safely & professionally. 8kn. #9. Any ideas please? fred812, Jun 18, 2021. Rebar is just steel, so any metal drilling bit should be fine. stuart44 Screwfix Select. Discussion in ' Builders' Talk ' started by tore81, Jun 26, 2022 . Would i need a small lintel above the hole supporting the blockwork? Its a single story extension with a pitched slate roof, so the inner leaf is supporting the roof. All the pressure needs to be down not forwards or back. Discussion in ' Builders' Talk ' started by Alhashed, 4 minutes ago . So the ops 1. Has excellent adhesion and resists slumping but build up in several layers, allowing each to dry before adding more. If you're really paranoid, just double them up. 64m2.