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Does this look like subsidence?
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stuart45 said: JMR isn't coming up, but this gives you an idea of it.
https://catnic.com/products/lintels/special-lintels/segmental-archLink got mangled. Now fixed.Makes sense that Catnic produce a range of lintels beyond the regular straight. Never had need to look at them, so find the range & styles of interest.
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Yes these lintels have solved a few problems with arch construction in modern cavity walls. One of the issues was how to stop the ingress of moisture which could be solved with a tray in a standard opening. Also in modern times the designers need to prove that an arch is capable of taking the loading, which might sound a bit silly considering how long arches have been used for, but they can fail if the correct construction methods are not followed.FreeBear said:stuart45 said: JMR isn't coming up, but this gives you an idea of it.
https://catnic.com/products/lintels/special-lintels/segmental-archLink got mangled. Now fixed.Makes sense that Catnic produce a range of lintels beyond the regular straight. Never had need to look at them, so find the range & styles of interest.
Catnic lintels solve these problems. Also you don't need the chippies to knock you up an arch centre.
Nowadays many firms have gone one step further and get the arches ready made and bonded to a lintel. Even gauged arches can be bought. https://www.lambsbricks.com/brick-arches
I'm a bit of a purist with brickwork and don't really like all the skill being taken out of the trade, but there is an argument that having the bricks for a gauged arch ready cut, or even stuck onto a lintel for you has brought back into play the use of this type of brickwork for some newbuilds by the designers.0 -
Yes, delay exchange and engage a structural engineer/surveyor pronto. It will cost a few hundred though.0
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I would also advise anyone buying a victorian/older property to get a full building survey in the first instance.0
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