Roger Mills wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion, John
wrote:

The house is early '80's. The opening is about 8ft. Is the expanation
correct? How can it be easily proven as it makes about £250
difference to the quote. Would such an opening have no lintel? Could
the soldier brick just be a styling feature?

Dunno! I wouldn't have thought that Building Control would have allowed that
to be built without a lintel in the 1980's. Were they involved, or is it
part of a large development in which any (minimal) inspection would have
been carried out by the NHBRC?

I've just been working in a 1995 bungalow that had no lintel above the
bedroom window. The windows were being changed when i was there, and
although the bricks didnt fall down when the old window was removed,
they did certainly sag, so they were took out anyway. The bricky took 3
hours start to finish to replace them, and charged £60.
Alan.

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