In article .com,
wrote:
I guess that the point loads of the joists above are
more or less converted to uniform loads by the presence of the
brick/blockwork inbetween them & the lintel.

Joists at 600mm centres or less are treated as a UDL. The alternative
is too horrible to contemplate!

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