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Default alternative way to install a lintel

On Sep 30, 10:13*pm, swimmydeepo wrote:
I have a rough idea of how to install a lintel on an existing wall (to
make a new opening) using strong boys and needles. I don't have such



Don't people do this using two "U" shaped lbeams bolted together back
to back to make an H? You dig out the brickwork through half the
thickness of the wall and insert the first U, pack and cement it in so
it takes the weight. then you dig out the bricks theother side and
insert the other one and bolt them together then pack and cement in.

Robert