March 27, 20179 yr Ok! here goes. Ordered a lintel but it seems short!!. Anyway I didn't notice until today when I tried to use it! It causes me a problem! Please see photo's . L1 is the lintel too short. it is meant to sit on the 3 brackets (A,B & C); but can't reach! It's currently balanced on B & C. I've put half an engineering brick on bracket A to get the height right and was intending using a spare lintel (L2) to go across that i.e. from above 'A" to reach probably 'B'. Is this ok?. I'm trying to move the 'weak' point across. This lintel(s) support the exterior side of the house so I'm guessing rather important. If anyone says this is dumb; that is fine honestly!. I'll order a new lintel and cut to suit. My logic seemed good - but you know. For the record the 3 concrete blocks to the left are cemented in ; the ones on the right are just to stop the lintel tipping!!! Best check now before house collapses later!!! Cheers
March 27, 20179 yr Buy a new lintel .... £35 or so that you don't need to be worrying over ..?? who has sized those btw...?? Long span for a 65mm prestressed lintel unless there are supports I can't see ..?
March 27, 20179 yr Leave that one in, remove the blocks, and whack the new one on top of that one. Pointless binning it.
March 27, 20179 yr Author This is all below ground level stuff . so knock the 3 blocks off and just stick l2 lintel to bridge the span ? walls are just 2 courses block work then thermalite . the brackets which you can't see can take 5 tons each - the brackets are fine :-) complex build ; ground unstable . cheers
March 27, 20179 yr If its on brackets ( like gallow brackets ) then start from scratch and bin that one. Your SE won't be happy otherwise and that = no competition certificate .
March 27, 20179 yr Author Right ! It is gallow brackets ! will bin the lot and get a new lintel appreciated !! Cheers Edited March 27, 20179 yr by pocster
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