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I've recently uncovered the old fireplace in my house, it's about 3' x 4' in size and until recently was used for a gas fire. I intend to reuse this for a real fire. The fireplace is sanstone with a large 12" deep lintel above it. There is a crack in ths lintel about 1/3 the way across it, from top to bottom. There is soot in the crack so the old fireplace must have been used with this in it.
I don't want to open up the fireplace without first strengthening this lintel. Any ideas on how to do this would be appreciated. My first thought was to use a 6"x3" timber section on edge with a shelf on top as a mantle, and to fix this along the length of the timber into the lintel using threaded bar and resin anchors.
Would this be sufficient? Any sugestions appreciated.
Thanks
alan
I've recently uncovered the old fireplace in my house, it's about 3' x 4' in size and until recently was used for a gas fire. I intend to reuse this for a real fire. The fireplace is sanstone with a large 12" deep lintel above it. There is a crack in ths lintel about 1/3 the way across it, from top to bottom. There is soot in the crack so the old fireplace must have been used with this in it.
I don't want to open up the fireplace without first strengthening this lintel. Any ideas on how to do this would be appreciated. My first thought was to use a 6"x3" timber section on edge with a shelf on top as a mantle, and to fix this along the length of the timber into the lintel using threaded bar and resin anchors.
Would this be sufficient? Any sugestions appreciated.
Thanks
alan