Tag: lintel
When concrete has dried it is a dull, light grey colour. Some think that a concrete lintel exposed for its full depth on the external face of brick walls …
Composite lintels are stressed by a wire or wires at the centre of their depth and are designed to be used with the brickwork they support which acts as …
The word ‘precast’ indicates that a concrete lintel has been cast inside a mould, and has been allowed time to set and harden before it is built into the …
Since Portland cement was first mass produced towards the end of the nineteenth century it has been practical and economic to cast and use concrete lintels to support brickwork …
Most loadbearing brick or blockwork walls over openings, where the cavity insulation is continued down to the head of the window or door frame, are supported by steel section …
A lintel that supports the outer leaf of a cavity wall.
A lintel which is intermittently attached to a structural member; the structural member assists the lintel in carrying the load.
An assembly built into a wall consisting of two upright members (jambs) and a head (lintel) over the doorway; encloses the doorway and provides support on which to hang the door.
A horizontal beam which spans a wide opening (a lintel) in an external wall; a summer, 3.
A lintel designed to carry a layer of facing brickwork.