On Fri, 04 Mar 2005 19:57:32 GMT, "Dave P"
wrote:


Problem is that I've discovered that although there are (concrete) lintels
fitted over the inner leaf of the cavity wall, there ain't nothing over the
outer leaf. Now, I have absolutely no doubt that if I go to a
FENSA-registered WRC plc, they will happily bung in new uPVC ones without
adding lintels, and until the frames start sagging in the middle, nobody
will be any the wiser.

Thats what happened here, although our inner lintels are timber.
Apparently it was compounded further by replacing the existing timber
windows that had side openers [hence another one or two uprights in
the frame] with upvc windows that had top openers.

That said, the two replacement windows that do have side openers seem
to be holding up well enough [fx: touces wood, throws salt over
shoulder etc]

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Macie