DIY Lintel/Pad Block

[Arthur 51]

Hi. I have a complicated requirement for a lintel for above a window that used to be door and an adjacent interior wall that will be removed for a wall opening. (It was discussed here a couple of months ago) In short, I have to install a longer lintel for the wall opening that will rest on the the inner leaf of an external wall plus 3" of the wall to be removed.

|| | window requiring lintel on inner leaf |

+-------interior wall-------------------------------------- will have opening 7ft wide || || So the lintel for the window (that used to be a door) will be about 42" long where the last 4" of one end will have a width of 6" (L shaped).

I have a bag of Hanson ready mixed concrete from B and Q..will this be good?

And if rebar is required, how is it set into the shuttering/box (mold for lintel) I make?

Is this the right thing to do?

Arthur

[js.b1]

What does BC say?

[Arthur 51]

???

[Tim W]

Arthur 51 wibbled on Monday 23 November 2009 21:40

Building Control aka LABC at teh local council...

[js.b1]

BC = Building Control.

Structural eng giving calculations re lintel, padstone requirements (class-1 brick, cast, reinforced). Basically you can a) oversize everything so any domestic load can be handled or b) get a structural engineer to specify what is actually required proven by calculation.