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Supporting brickwork above canopy


eandg

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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?)

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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 ?

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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?

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