Steel lintel: need mortar bedding?
If I'm fitting a Catnic steel lintel into a new opening formed in a
brick wall (over a new window), should the ends rest directly on the 6" of (flat) brick at either end, or on a bed of (stiff?) mortar placed on the brick first? Building Control will be inspecting so whatever else, it has to keep them happy! (I'm thinking now that I do need the mortar; just that I've already bought a made-to-measure window to fit a gap which I measured assuming no mortar bed... not a massive problem to resolve but if I don't need the mortar, no point in making extra work.) David |
Steel lintel: need mortar bedding?
Lobster wrote:
If I'm fitting a Catnic steel lintel into a new opening formed in a brick wall (over a new window), should the ends rest directly on the 6" of (flat) brick at either end, or on a bed of (stiff?) mortar placed on the brick first? Building Control will be inspecting so whatever else, it has to keep them happy! (I'm thinking now that I do need the mortar; just that I've already bought a made-to-measure window to fit a gap which I measured assuming no mortar bed... not a massive problem to resolve but if I don't need the mortar, no point in making extra work.) David If you dont use a mortar bed, the whole weight rests on one or 2 points, and brick failure is invited. NT |
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