In article ,
jr2 wrote:
We will shortly be converting the kitchen room and dining room into one
room requiring the removal of a load bearing single brick wall (3 Metres
in length) the load being joists ... (bedroom joists) that run at right
angles across the top of the brick wall ... obviously a lintel will be
installed to support the joists... OK so the required overlap of the
lintel onto pads/base at each end is I believe 150mm. the 150mm. at one
end ...ie. the outside wall of the house... won't be a problem the
problem comes at the internal wall end where there would only be a
100mm. overlap this is obviously because the internal wall is only a
single brick ... what would you say is the best way of making up the
extra base ?? could we just simply leave a stub wall of half brick or
full brick of the wall that we're taking out at the internal wall end to
form a T Shape (a stubby T shape) and thus comfortably make up the
required 150mm. ... or is there a better looking way / method. or will
the councils building inspector accept the short 100mm. base in the
first case. maybe not... any thoughts ?

Best to get a structural engineer in to do the calculations and tell the
type of pad stone required for the internal wall.

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