Brickwork after steel lintel installation

[SilverShadow]

Hey guys,

 

Sounds like a bit of a daft question, but is it fairly common to have slight brick face protrusion after relaying brickwork to fit in an L shaped steel lintel?

 

I've enclosed some pics, which don't really do it justice. It's something we can live with, but the perfectionist makes me think the lintel wasn't set deep enough?? 🤔 

 

If it helps, the wall is cavity - outer Brickwork, inner concrete block. I did notice what looked like steel ties/anchors protruding from the inner block into the cavity, so I guess these may have limited how far back they could recess the lintel

 

Thought I'd mention while the work is still in progress, in case it's something we should ask to be remedied

 

Many thanks as always

Mark 

 

[Russell griffiths]

Have they puta damp proof tray above the lintel, some spec of lintel doesn’t require one, but either way there should be weep vents on that outer face to allow any moisture in the cavity to come out. 
as far as the brickwork goes it’s pretty rough. Either the lintel didn’t fit the cavity correctly, or they didn’t want to clip the back corners of the bricks to get them to sit back far enough. 

[SilverShadow]

Thanks Russell - as regards the 1st points I'm not sure. All I know is it looked like a steel L lintel, which had a black protective paint layer to it

 

I'm also thinking the lintel wasn't a perfect fit, possibly due to the steelwork protruding from the inner concrete block 🤔

 

Bricks are slightly bigger 73mm ones, but that shouldn't matter, tbh. 

 

I'm not sure how far back the lintel should be set. But it seems to be around 15mm back from the face (see pic)

 

I'd have thought this would be enough depth recess to reset the bricks in line with the existing wall? 🤷‍♂️