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Pad block for Lintel.
For an 8ft lintel.
Is it ok to use a pad block that will need to be 6" long mounted on the inner leaf of an exterior double leaf wall? ....so the pad block will protrude a couple of inches from the wall. Thanks. Arthur |
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Pad block for Lintel.
Arthur 51 wrote:
For an 8ft lintel. Is it ok to use a pad block that will need to be 6" long mounted on the inner leaf of an exterior double leaf wall? ...so the pad block will protrude a couple of inches from the wall. Thanks. Arthur not sure what you are trying to acheive here but...it's better to have the padstone sitting squarely on the masonry - any overhang, in this case 33% of the padstone, can destabilise the whole thing. Why is the lintel only going on the inside skin? - what's holding up the exterior masonry? Why not use a 3ft 4X3 pre-stressed concrete lintel cut in half, so that you have a 18 inch long, 3 inch tick and four inch wide padstone at each end? having a 50mm ovberhang is going to cause problems, not least for the plasterer!! -- Phil L RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008 |
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Pad block for Lintel.
On Oct 3, 4:07*pm, "Phil L" wrote:
having a 50mm ovberhang is going to cause problems, not least for the plasterer!! It also means cables can not be routed over it - assuming it is in the 150mm Ceiling Zone. Without the 150mm Ceiling Zone you have to drop cables down the Corner 150mm Zone, run across the wall in a Horizontal Zone created by 1G 2G backbox with blank plate, then back up into the 150mm Corner Zone. Something to bear in mind re impact on other services... :-) |
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Pad block for Lintel.
"Phil L" wrote in message . com... Arthur 51 wrote: For an 8ft lintel. Is it ok to use a pad block that will need to be 6" long mounted on the inner leaf of an exterior double leaf wall? ...so the pad block will protrude a couple of inches from the wall. Thanks. Arthur not sure what you are trying to acheive here but...it's better to have the padstone sitting squarely on the masonry - any overhang, in this case 33% of the padstone, can destabilise the whole thing. If I make the pad stone say 6" thick and it tapers from the 6" length down to 4", would that be a goer? Why is the lintel only going on the inside skin? - what's holding up the exterior masonry? The wall is double brick (old terraced house) but a stone lintel which is about 8" high overlaps the the point where the back wall and wall to be removed, join. If I wanted to install the wall opening lintel above the stone lintel the job would become too messy. Why not use a 3ft 4X3 pre-stressed concrete lintel cut in half, so that you have a 18 inch long, 3 inch tick and four inch wide padstone at each end? having a 50mm ovberhang is going to cause problems, not least for the plasterer!! It's a price worth paying to achieve a flat wall finish. Thanks. Arthur |
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