Buchsbaum066
2024-10-19 23:44:18
- #1
Basically, there is no window lintel. The lintel sits above the window and what you probably have is a clinker facade. There is also a masonry lintel there. It has slipped, which is not surprising because it is shoddy workmanship.
The attached lintel has no bearing at all on the side wall. You can see that in the picture. Filling the joints doesn’t make any sense there. The lintel has to be removed and rebuilt. Then with enough bearing on the wall. I’m not surprised it slipped.
From a structural point of view, it only matters for your facade. Certainly not for the wall of the house. It could hold like that for another hundred years, but it might not. I would say it needs to be rebuilt. The effort here is not even that big. Provided you have a good mason.
The attached lintel has no bearing at all on the side wall. You can see that in the picture. Filling the joints doesn’t make any sense there. The lintel has to be removed and rebuilt. Then with enough bearing on the wall. I’m not surprised it slipped.
From a structural point of view, it only matters for your facade. Certainly not for the wall of the house. It could hold like that for another hundred years, but it might not. I would say it needs to be rebuilt. The effort here is not even that big. Provided you have a good mason.