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Perry Gunn wrote:
Things appear to be worse than I thought - after my earlier post we
decided to remove more plaster and expose around the end of the RSJ to
give the builder more to see/work with and we've found that there's no
steel there!

The outer skin of the external wall has a concrete lintel and the
inner skin has a couple of 5x2 timbers stood on end! Just had a rush
trip to the hire shop and now got acrows supporting the opening and
the ceilings on either side just to be safe.

I've got a Victorian house with a bay only on the ground floor. The 9"
solid brick wall above that is supported by a timber lintel. It's survived
over 100 years. ;-)

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