We have a broken lintel above one of our windows and are wondering if this is an urgent problem and if we need to fix it. If so, what kind of cost are we looking at? The lintel is made of stone and ...

Instead of relying on a wand or wizardry, she simply attached an oak lintel above the window opening, adhered thin stone slips around both sides, and filled them with a mortar and lime mix to ...

A lintel is a piece of steel that sits above a doorway, window frame or other opening, which supports the masonry above it. Lintels come in a variety of shapes; an 'L' shape, an 'I' shape and a 'C ...

This ensures adequate daylighting. Widening of the window opening width generally cannot be undertaken without major work. The lintels above the window would need to be replaced if the openings ...

Replacing a window with door This option requires only demo of the window itself and the bricks below it. The lintel above the window stays in place and none of the masonry above or on the sides is ...

When I see horizontal cracks above windows and doors, I then check to see if there is a steel lintel, an L-shape piece of steel used above a window or door opening to support the bricks above.