Tony Graham (no@ta) wibbled on Monday 17 January 2011 23:40:


"Tim Watts" wrote in message
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Tony Graham (no@ta) wibbled on Monday 17 January 2011 23:32:



Cheers Roger. Yes sorry the overhang that supports the brickwork either
side of the door opening.
I managed to find the plans and like you say it should be min 150mm
bearing each side.
I've also found the pictures with measurements and it doesn't bode well.
The lintel measures 1040mm and the door opening measures 820mm.
So I make it 80mm short!!! It looks to be sitting at 120mm overhang at
one
side and 100mm at the other!.

Anyone know how picky these guys are?
In my favour it was done in 2007 and there has been no cracks etc above
it
plus the lintel was meant to be a Robeslee 100mm x 70mm and it looks
more like a 150mm x 70mm if that makes a difference?

How much is it supporting?

I have one lintel overhanging on one end by maybe 2.5-3" !

No it wasn't one of mine - and it is holding up 4-5 courses of brick for
3'


Its the ground floor of an outside wall so I suppose it is holding up the
whole of the gable end!!!!

More like a triangular section of brickwork over the opening (the
interlocking of the bricks or blocks tends to share the load sideways).

It's not going to fall off, for a doorway sized lintel. As to whether the
BCO will like it is another matter. This would be an opportune moment to be
of few words... But see what others think - personally I wouldn't be too
worried if the wall it is bearing on is of good construction.

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Tim Watts