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Decorative Lintel & Garage Door

  • 27-10-2007 11:10am
    #1
    Ted10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭


    Does anyone know of a place where I can get a precast decorative lintel for over a front door, the supplier I had has let me down and I'm just about to start blocklaying. Building in North Co Galway.

    Also is there a standard side garage door, my blocklayer thinks the door on the plans is bigger than standard which will make the door cost extra. Is there a standard side ?

    Any info much appreciated.


Comments

  • #2
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,902 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    How wide is the door on the plans?
    And you could use a catnic lintel with a soldier course of bricks


  • #3
    Ted10
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭Ted10


    The door is three meters wide in the plans. I'm afraid I don't understand what you mean regarding the lintel.


  • #4
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,902 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    IMO precast lintels look terrible, and are only suitable where they will be rendered over. Decorative ones would be both hard to come by and costly.
    A catnic lintel is a steel lintel that is shaped in such a way that very little of it is visable when installed. Here is a poicture of one.220062-ab0-00_full.jpg

    It is quite common to use different bricks or a different bond to highlight the ara above the ope. A soldier course is common, this is where the blocks are laid on their narrow end so they "stand up"


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