Supporting brickwork above canopy

[eandg]

Not sure if best here or on the structural sub-board but does anyone know how the bricks are likely to be supported above the canopy in the image below? 

 

 

[PeterW]

Lintels - probably using RSJs with welded flanges. 

 

That looks like an artists impression anyway -

usual stuff that can’t actually be built ...... 

[the_r_sole]

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Edited September 26, 2019 by the_r_sole

[eandg]

Yes, definitely built and I'm definitely on the 'quite cool' side of the argument! 

 

Presumably using brick slips would achieve the same(ish) look but would mean having to use slips for the full thing?

[eandg]

14 minutes ago, PeterW said:

Lintels - probably using RSJs with welded flanges. 

 

That looks like an artists impression anyway -

usual stuff that can’t actually be built ...... 

Thanks. A quick google suggests they might not be that prohibitively expensive though I'm not sure where you hide it (beneath the bottom brick?)

[PeterW]

The post above shows the method using the Ancon system. You can have slips cut from ordinary bricks to match a standard build up but it’s not cheap. 

[eandg]

3 minutes ago, PeterW said:

The post above shows the method using the Ancon system. You can have slips cut from ordinary bricks to match a standard build up but it’s not cheap. 

Boomarked - thanks. 

[Temp]

2 hours ago, eandg said:

Yes, definitely built and I'm definitely on the 'quite cool' side of the argument! 

 

Presumably using brick slips would achieve the same(ish) look but would mean having to use slips for the full thing?

 

Don't think so. We have arched windows that use steel lintels several courses high covered with brick slips. They were cut from ordinary bricks used to make the rest of the house. 

 

Aside: I notice the top of the window isn't horizontal (not parallel to the mortar line) so a lot of very thin wedge shape bricks are required. Bet they were fun to cut ?

[Ed Davies]

8 hours ago, Temp said:

Aside: I notice the top of the window isn't horizontal (not parallel to the mortar line) so a lot of very thin wedge shape bricks are required. Bet they were fun to cut

 

Stick the slips to whatever backing material is used, cut the whole lot, then crane it into place?

[Ferdinand]

Did not the bizarre architect bath-with-a-view house in Edinburgh that won (Architect Designed) House of the Year a couple of years ago have one of those on the corner that he opened whilst was in the bath?

 

Perhaps discussed in the programme. 

 

F