Flat Roof Lintels

Open back and open back returned lintels are most common for cavity walls and suitable for standard duty through to extra heavy loading conditions including direct roof and attic truss loading.

Flat roof lintels.

Lintels 8 rafters 12 ceiling joists 15 hanging beams member16 underpurlins 17 strutting beams 18 roof beams 20 verandah beams 22 garage roof. This segmental arch lintel has been developed for a residential development in partnership with ap architects allbritain and bradfords build. The window span is 1m the wall above the lintel is 8m the wall thickness is 6m and there is a wall plate and roof truss. The ends of timber lintels are very prone to rot if the wall gets wet perhaps through gutters overflowing.

We have a british board of agreement approved range of steel lintels from renowned. The load coming down is 1 5m pitched roof 2 1m high sliding doors and approximately 0 5 brick wall it will be a cavity wall so most of the weight will be on the inside lintel. I will need a fair face lintel for the front and standard lintels to make up the remainder of the wall thickness. A single element lintel that is designed to support a single leaf of brickwork.

Overflowing gutter john gilbert shading shows damp affecting lintels and roof timbers. These lintels include corrosion proof coatings and even thermal insulation so that less heat is lost through these unavoidable breaks in the wall structure. Catnic provides lintels for a wide variety of uses including under eave lintels cavity wall lintels corner lintels timber frame lintels and heavy duty or extreme load lintels. The inner lintel was made of timber in older buildings.

Spanning an opening of 2800mm with a rise of 1200mm it will create a striking architectural feature on this project. Pitching beams 23 common installation details 25 notches cuts and holes in beams bearers joists and rafters 26 specification 27. At the moment we have a approx 2x9 mt stoep running the length of the flat. Our lintel products are perfect for internal and external applications.

I would two 2 4m lintels to satisfy the length requirements. Including catnic lintels keystone lintels and fireplace lintels. The drain cuts the foundation on a diagonal therefore the span of the lintel is 1 9m. We are going through ideas for our coming upgrade to our granny flat.

Lintels for external solid walls are available in three distinct types.