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 ...

Eyebrow lintel: A lintel above a window, carried over the window in a wavy line. Text: Ruth Mullen ILLUSTRATION: Rene Eisenbart.

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 ...

The lintels above the window would need to be replaced if the openings are to be widened. This is because the supporting lintel above the window usually only extends about 100mm beyond the opening.

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.