"N. Thornton" wrote in message
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"Paul King" wrote in message ws.com...
"TP" wrote in message
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My house is a victorian terrace , the windows typically have a stone
lintel above them which is visible from the exterior.

luckily there is no sagging -but there is a small crack extending
upward from the corner of the old lintel which is a tad scary!

I think you are worrying excessively over nothing at all...
if the current one has survived this long, the new D/G window will too!

If there is no full width lintel, and brickwork above, then its most
likely unsafe. One case surviving doesnt equal safe.

Actually it is failing. If the crack is running up diagonally from the
window, it is in bad shape. The wall is ruined and will never be right.
Check with your solicitor and see if anyone but you is financially
responsible. It is not likely that the surveyor has failed to cover
himself but you never know.

Just one caveat. A greater span will need a greater thickness of stone.

Good point.

Maybe it could be combined with a steel lintel above it

That would need to be below it if there isn't a half brick of purchase
for it on either side of the window.


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