egress - Do I need a lintel for window openings cut through a block ...
Feb 13, 2025 · If there is a course of block that has horizontal rebar and is poured solid with concrete spanning that window, that is your lintel. But most important, what do the engineered plans say?
How to replace mortar above lintel - Home Improvement Stack Exchange
Jun 5, 2021 · Yes. Unless you have a brick arch over the window, the lintel is there to support the weight of the brick. Otherwise, cracks in the brick will soon occur, noticeably diagonally from the corner of …
Do I need a lintel? Will I need to prop wall/roof?
Aug 10, 2021 · The sketch below is to clarify my previous comments. For the condition as shown to the left, the edge beam (in conjunction with the masonry bond beam below) was designed to support the …
Leak above window during rain, is this caused by a masonry drainage ...
The steel lintel has a layer of mortar above it, which is damming moisture to the inside. I'm basing this on my own limited understanding of how masonry walls (all the house's exterior walls are brick) and …
framing - What header size for a 36" wide window? - Home …
Feb 19, 2016 · A double 2 x 6 header should be safe but check with your local inspectors with a phone call. I you want the window as high as possible throw a piece of steel angle as a lintel with double 2 x …
framing - Should window headers be set against the top plate or at ...
Oct 7, 2019 · 2 I've been building load bearing walls with the header located at the top of the desired window or door opening, but have had a couple people comment on how I should be putting the …
Unable to drill into window lintel - what have I got wrong?
Using the 6mm masonry bit from this set (it has the distinctive "hammer-head" look), I attempted to drill a 5cm hole straight up into the lintel and after a few millimeters of soft plaster, I hit either concrete or …
doors - Do I need a lintel on a non-load bearing wall? - Home ...
Aug 20, 2020 · The ceiling joists run parallel with these wall. In terms of the sliding rail support, that's a great point -- but I think the remaining wall (made out of concrete it looks like) would be okay in …
Is it safe to drill through metal on the side of the windows?
Aug 30, 2022 · What are your walls made of? In the UK, I believe masonry is far more common than here in the US. If it's masonry, there may be a steel lintel above the window that hold up the …
Replacing Block Windows Mortared In Brick Veneer
Jul 21, 2021 · When looking at the windows from inside the basement, the sill plate blocks the top of the window. And when looking inbetween the sill plate and top of the window, you will see the brick lintel.