No lintels above windows!

wmathias

leveller2911 wrote: »

If there is no arch on the inside skin of brickwork then there should be either a concrete lintel or more common on older properties a timber lintel. I would wager money on yours being a timber lintel due to the age of the house.. Timber lintels are fine as long as they aren't full of worm.

Hi mate, many thanks for the reply!

Wouldn't I have found wood then I drilled the exploratory hole though?

I went about 6 inches deep, 2 inches above the wooden french door surround and got a pile of red dust only.

You can see the hole in the 1st picture.

wmathias

Bump!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

superflygal

Hi folks,


I was hoping someone could advise please?


I live on a small housing development of 1960s-1970s houses, they are all identically built in my cul de sac by same builder.


The concrete above all the windows is precisely the same with as each window.


My dad says it should be wider and that it is the lintel. We are going to replace the window, but is there a way we can check before the window is removed and we have a big panic and a massive hole in the house?


All the houses in my street have the same width concrete panel. The houses were built in 1969-1970.


Any advice would be most appreciated.


Many thanks!
SFG x

AdrianC

Concrete _panel_? It's entirely possible you've got some kind of a non-standard construction property which doesn't need lintels, as the walls themselves aren't structural.