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Reducing size of fireplace builders opening
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Mark S.
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Reducing size of fireplace builders opening
On 1 Feb 2006 05:50:32 -0800,
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I have removed an old backboiler from our lounge fireplace and
surrounding filler bricks so now all I have is the original builders
opening. The arch has a supporting steel bar underneath it.
I need to reduce the original openings height and width and estimate I
will need two rows of bricks to reduce the height to the required size.
What is the best way of supporting these bricks? Should I buy a
standard concrete lintel and cut it to size (could be difficult ?) or a
steel one (again difficult?). This must be a fairly common scenario so
how is it normally done?
Here's one I did earlier:
www.karman.demon.co.uk
fireplace04 and fireplace11
Mark S.
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