Can anyone recommend a builder operating in the Newcastle/ Gateshead area who has done lintel repair work for you? The specific work I require involves removing and rebuilding a brick soldier lintel course from an upper window, and inserting a steel lintel to provide additional support. Thanks!
Had a L3 survey on a house I am buying which noted cracking and movement above a first floor window with a brick soldier course above. Recommended getting quotes for inserting a steel lintel and rebuilding the brick course.
Spoke to a couple of builders who said based on photo that a lintel cannot be inserted because the soldier course runs short. Also it would not be appropriate for helical bars as there is only one row of brickwork above the brick course and roofline. Intimated that because the lintel is only supporting limited weight any minor cracking is likely historic and said could wait until we replace window.
I will go back to the surveyor but confused as he indicated this was a standard job. As I need to try and get quotes for this work, has anyone has similar work done before and what work was commissioned?