There are currently some fairly old, smallish french doors at the back of my house and I am thinking of extending the opening & fitting new, wider more standard size doors.
This would involve altering the brickwork. I want to find out what this would involve before deciding who to hire / what i can do myself.
There are 'soldiers' (bricks postioned vertically) over the doors at the moment (as there are over our windows). I presume these act as a sort of lintel?
Would it be possible to hold the brickwork above the door with acros, insert a bigger lintel & then chop out the brickwork as necessary or is this oversimplifying things.
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"I presume these act as a sort of lintel?" No they don't.
You will need to fit a new lintol to support the wall which may be a cavity wall. Your description is simplifying things but broadly correct.
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