first, I realised the back window is 101" long (8 ft 5 ins) supported by a
concrete lintel c. 1951 vintage

second, if I knock the cement render off my house, it will leave next door's
render open to the elements

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On Mar 1, 10:29*pm, "Gill Smith"
wrote:
first, I realised the back window is 101" long (8 ft 5 ins) supported by *a
concrete lintel c. 1951 vintage

second, if I knock the cement render off my house, it will leave next door's
render open to the elements

--http://www.gillsmith999.plus.com/

If there are no signs of deterioration or cracking don't worry. The
lintel only carries the triangle of brickwork about it. The cill often
carries a far greater load.
If there is spalling or cracking it will need to be replaced, probably
with a galvanised steel one. Examine it closely, cracks are easy to
miss. Also check the brickwork it rests on, this is where the load
concentration is.

You need to speak to your nieghbour before you start. The rendering
will need a cut with the clipper/angle grinder between your
properties, Don't go into the brickwork though.

On Mar 2, 9:35 am, harry wrote:

If there are no signs of deterioration or cracking don't worry. The
lintel only carries the triangle of brickwork about it. The cill often
carries a far greater load.
If there is spalling or cracking it will need to be replaced, probably
with a galvanised steel one. Examine it closely, cracks are easy to
miss. Also check the brickwork it rests on, this is where the load
concentration is.

You need to speak to your nieghbour before you start. The rendering
will need a cut with the clipper/angle grinder between your
properties, Don't go into the brickwork though.

one thing I learnt today: once rendered, always rendered

I saw a house where the render had been removed but not re-rendered

it looked *dreadful*; bits of old render stuck to it, mortar in a parlous
state

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Gill Smith wrote:
On Mar 2, 9:35 am, harry wrote:

If there are no signs of deterioration or cracking don't worry. The
lintel only carries the triangle of brickwork about it. The cill often
carries a far greater load.
If there is spalling or cracking it will need to be replaced, probably
with a galvanised steel one. Examine it closely, cracks are easy to
miss. Also check the brickwork it rests on, this is where the load
concentration is.

You need to speak to your nieghbour before you start. The rendering
will need a cut with the clipper/angle grinder between your
properties, Don't go into the brickwork though.

one thing I learnt today: once rendered, always rendered

I saw a house where the render had been removed but not re-rendered

it looked *dreadful*; bits of old render stuck to it, mortar in a parlous
state

I'll go with that. I recently had this place re-rendered, and the
underlying stuff, though sound and originally of good quality facing
bricks, was something you *really* would not want on view. A pity
really, as the windows had really nice arches over them before someone
put flat topped windows and lintels in, carving the arches to let them
do it.


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Tciao for Now!

John.

On Mar 2, 9:35*am, harry wrote:


lintel only carries the triangle of brickwork about it. The cill often
carries a far greater load.

Eh?