Not completely DITY but enough will be... is it accepatble to have a steel
lintel as a bearer for the brickworrk under the window which will replace
the front up and over door?? Or should it be dug out and foundations cast??

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
John Rumm wrote:

nnk wrote:
Not completely DITY but enough will be... is it accepatble to have a
steel lintel as a bearer for the brickworrk under the window which
will replace the front up and over door?? Or should it be dug out
and foundations cast??

You will need a proper foundation. Is this an integral garage? If so
there is a fair chances you already have a foundation anyway - they
would not have stopped and started the foundation just because there
was going to be a garage there.

Oh yes they would! Mine did anyway - there was only a thin layer of concrete
through the doorway. In my case, the BCO was happy with two pre-stressed
concrete lintels (one for each skin) running the full width of the opening,
and bearing on the proper foundations each side. As in the case cited by the
OP, this was only supporting the brickwork under the window (and the window
itself) with the original upper lintel remaining in place.
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Cheers,
Roger
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