Gaze1969
2025-07-25 17:22:33
- #1
Hello,
my name is Frank. I do not build, but own a house built in 1997. I have a question about the garage lintel and window lintels. Everything I find about crack repair relates to cracks in the bricks above the lintels. These are secured with horizontally running spiral anchors. Here, I rather feel that one would have to work with vertical anchors from top to bottom.
It seems to be a Grenadier lintel. Whether steel or even stainless steel angles are installed on the right and left, I cannot say. I bought the house built in 1997 a few years ago from a bricklayer who obviously did not understand his craft. He built the entire house himself.
The garage was completely wet because he had a terrace on top. Construction: concrete ceiling elements - bitumen - screed - tiles. He only let the bitumen run up on the house side, so that the exterior walls were completely wet. This can also be seen by the efflorescence. However, I have had that fixed.
I have attached a picture from earlier of the inside of the garage lintel. Back then, the plaster was loose. We renewed it. Furthermore, today I removed and photographed parts of the loose joints. Rusted lintel anchors can be seen, which, however, are not continuous but meet in the middle. I have bent one out a little. Of course, they are not made of stainless steel. Since the walls have been dry for years now, could I now install new stainless steel anchors? How could I best proceed now?
my name is Frank. I do not build, but own a house built in 1997. I have a question about the garage lintel and window lintels. Everything I find about crack repair relates to cracks in the bricks above the lintels. These are secured with horizontally running spiral anchors. Here, I rather feel that one would have to work with vertical anchors from top to bottom.
It seems to be a Grenadier lintel. Whether steel or even stainless steel angles are installed on the right and left, I cannot say. I bought the house built in 1997 a few years ago from a bricklayer who obviously did not understand his craft. He built the entire house himself.
The garage was completely wet because he had a terrace on top. Construction: concrete ceiling elements - bitumen - screed - tiles. He only let the bitumen run up on the house side, so that the exterior walls were completely wet. This can also be seen by the efflorescence. However, I have had that fixed.
I have attached a picture from earlier of the inside of the garage lintel. Back then, the plaster was loose. We renewed it. Furthermore, today I removed and photographed parts of the loose joints. Rusted lintel anchors can be seen, which, however, are not continuous but meet in the middle. I have bent one out a little. Of course, they are not made of stainless steel. Since the walls have been dry for years now, could I now install new stainless steel anchors? How could I best proceed now?