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Default Is angle iron adequate for lintel?

Rod wrote:
mike wrote:
On Feb 12, 9:17 pm, Bruce wrote:

Rolled steel angles go up to 200 x 200mm by 20mm. A pair of those will
be more than enough to span 3.6m (12 feet) and hold up a wall and joists
above. In fact they would support several storeys.


Well, this is more like 5mm. Does that make it angel iron rather than
rolled steel angle?

Well angel iron might manage to hold up the 12 foot gap very well... :-)

Its devil iron,and will cast you into the Pit.