BRICKLAYING REPLACING A BLOWN RUSTY LINTEL INC PROPS AND CAVITY TRAY 

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roman baczynski . Thanks very much for that , We had a comment on our newest video callling us cowboys for NOT filling the joints up , they never even watched to the end of the video to see us doing it . Thanks for watching and commenting pal 🧱👍🏼

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@@SteveAndAlexBuild Your work is stellar!!

Michelle Ricker Thanks very much 🧱👍🏼

bamboo bushcraft Thanks very much Pete , that’s very kind . We are so glad your enjoying the channel . Plenty more to come 🧱👍🏼

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Addicted to Projects . Thanks very much we really appreciate that ! Thanks for watching and commenting too 👍🏼

zulu59 blue . Thanks pal , a fiddly job and there are loads like it as all the steels put in in the 60s and 70 s are rusting away now 😬🧱👍🏽

adam chandler . Thanks very much Adam , glad you like them ! Thanks very much watching and commenting too 👍🏼

criartoros . Thanks pal glad it helped 👌🏼🧱👍🏽

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Liam Walters nice one thanks pal 👍🏼

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Awf Avila You have a good work ethic 👌🏼plus jobs like this can’t be rushed 🧱👍🏽

Mike P nice one thanks mike and thanks for the comment and for watching 👍🏼

bloggs692413 nice one , thanks for the kind comment and for watching 👍🏼

Stuart Rich . No problem Richard , hope we have helped . We have a few other intel videos with much more details than this video 🧱👍🏼

Liam Walters yes pal it’s on the shopping list , thanks for the tip and for commenting 👍🏼

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex no tips for you lads nice to see a proper tradesmen

Liam Walters Cheers 👍🏼

Shad ow Thanks pal that’s very kind ! Glad you enjoyed it .we’ve got plenty more vids , over 30 . Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏽

Hussun Meraaj Thanks very much🧱👍🏽

Jim Jam . Nice one thanks pal 👍🏼

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Skill Builder . Very true , might as well put one in while the brickwork is out . Glad you liked it . Thanks for watching and commenting too 🧱👍🏼

Hi mate can i ask why you cut the damp tray right back behind the brick, i thought the brick would be bedded onto the damp with the tray folded at the edge of lintel with weep poles on the lap. Good video mate

@@baconsarneybroonsauce6913 . You are right and I have started to do that since 👍🏼🧱

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Thomas Geraghty Nope no cavity just where the lintel is , been doing this for 30 years and never seen that before , very strange 🤔

C Jackson lol 😂 we usually feel like that when it’s raining ! Thanks for the kind comments and for watching 👍🏼

Ha Ha, same here mate.

Dion Aramenko Hi Dion . They are called weep vents and are there to drain any water that comes down the cavity tray onto the lintel . They comes in many sizes and colours and even clear . If the old stone work has cavity trays in it then yes you can use the vents . Thanks for watching and commenting and glad you like the videos 🧱👍🏼

Wayne Leone . That wasn’t as bad as four I did a while back (vid to follow ) no issues other than the rust , it was just done before a new front door was fitted Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏼

iedanc Your probably looking at £250to £350 per lintel for a good bricklayer to do it 🧱👍🏽we have newer lintel videos now with more information and explanations in them. , just check the playlist 🧱👍🏽

Aaron Fish . Generally ,the brickwork takes years to move so once it’s propped and the new lintel is fitted then we re point any cracks . Once brickwork has moved it’s almost impossible for it to be moved back . In extreme cases the whole pike may need re building but I’ve never had a job that bad so far . Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏼

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex I had a home inspection recently and the inspection reported that there were cracks with lateral displacement, and outward lean in the wall. I had. Foundation contractor look at it and he said that it was a result of deferred lintel maintenance. The cracks can be corrected by pointing when the lintels are replaced but how do you correct the outward lean?

Aaron Fish . I think if it’s really bad it’s probably better to drop and re build the outside skin .

passkat . If the rust is really bad the rust stains the windows below ( we have other lintel videos where you can see this ) There is generally a crack at either side where the lintel is because the rust expands and lifts the brickwork above, if not rectified the rust just keeps going and lifting, it’s quite scary how powerful rust is . Once it has started there is no way to stop it , the lintel must be replaced 🧱👍🏼

Gary Harris thanks pal , the turning up of the edges is just too fiddly on a remedial lintel job , I just make sure any water can’t get behind the lintel . Thanks for watching and commenting pal 👍🏼

Just because its fiddly does not mean dont do it its done that way for a reason lol

Gary Harris I’ll be honest I did conservatories for 14 years before doing foundations for 8 now so never really done many . That is just how I was taught way back in the eighties so never really caught up with new regs being out of the loop 👍🏼

Robb Crocker . I think it was started at 8 and done for about 2 🧱👍🏽

Derek Testorff thanks for watching and commenting Derek but unfortunately as I can’t see the job you talking about I can’t really help . Maybe try looking it up on line or ask a local builder . Good luck with your project 🧱👍🏼

Trade Winds Traveler . Hi , I take it by mentioning Hurricane Katrina you are in the US. Unfortunately we are in the Uk so our building practices will be very different to you guys over there so unfortunately I can’t really give you good advice . Sorry we can’t help but good luck with your project 🧱👍🏼

These lovely old solids are great and rarely break so managed to re us every one .👌🏼 Thanks for watching and commenting 🧱👍🏼

Thanks Richard , we use silicone , very sticky but flexible 💪🏼🧱👍🏽

Julian Knödler thanks very much 👍🏼

Neil U.K. Hi Neil . No I never pack with slate , the reason being it just pushes down onto the new lintel and bends it , even though I always pack it off the existing door or window . I make sure the top bed is full then I take the acrows out straight away so the wall above settles onto the new mortar , hope that makes sense ? We have done 4 big lintels on another house so should be uploading those vids soon. Thanks for watching and commenting pal 👍🏼

ijl66 . Just habit I guess .. new lintel, new cavity tray 🧱👍🏽

Because the lintel is only galvanized any scraps or scratches on it (highly likely) will make it susceptible to damp (rust) where as the dpc will stay water tight for years especially when its as well nailed and silicone as that one was.

Hi pal , depending on how big the lintel is your talking no more than £500 tops or there abouts but it should be cheaper than that . 🧱👍🏽

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex thanks again . Great vid.

santrade10 thanks pal 🧱👍🏽

I do apologise mate but I’ve never done one over a bay so I can’t help I’m afraid 😬🧱👍🏽

@@SteveAndAlexBuild Ah well, thanks anyway

@@hesi3831 . Thanks for watching and commenting though pal and good luck 🧱👍🏼

renkehoe somewhere between 2- 300 £ , this one was very straight forward. Not many are 🧱👍🏽 Thanks for watching and commenting

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i would personally but that is down to experience so wouldn't recommend everyone to do it 🤣👍🏽

Edd Jordan Cheers Edd , All our music has viewers divided but I’m with you pal 🧱👍🏼

David Dore . Evening David . No they are 73 mm solids . They are so old we don’t know name or manufacturer 🙄🧱👍🏽

Martin Craggs . Thanks mate . As for your lintel I can only really comment on what I have seen on site . A lot of new builds use imitation decorative stone lintels which are always put on top of steel lintels . 2.8 is quite a big span . If your lintel is natural stone could have small invisible cracks so I myself would support it to be on the safe side . To 100% certain you need to ask a structure engineer but they are NOT cheap ! Good luck with your project and thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏼

Bricklaying With Steve and Alex Cheers Pal. Think I'll just put one in for piece of mind. The lintles that are being replaced are what looks like 600mm concrete poured ones as in shuttered on the wall. 12 headers and sills to do. Ball ache of a job if they are the thickness of the wall. Won't know until I open up.

Martin Craggs . That sounds ominous , 😳good luck with that !

Craig Frost . A straight forward small lintel would be around £300 🧱👍🏽

Jim Bob . The cavity tray is built into or in this case attached to the inside wall then it slopes down and over the lintel. It’s purpose is if any water gets into the cavity , the tray catches it and the water run to the front of the lintel and out of the weep vents . Hope that makes sense . Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏼

Thanks for that! It clicked. I presume it prevents moisture from getting to the new lintel and corroding it. My guess is my 90+ year old house does not have these drip trays and weep vents!. Good to see a tradesman that takes pride in his work! That's a rarity. Thanks again

Jim Bob . Thanks very much 👍🏽

There is no standard price im afraid , every one is different and different rates in different parts of the country 🧱👍🏽

Wayne Britton without seeing the job in person it would be impossible to guess what’s actually causing the problems . Is it worth contacting the council to tell them a repair they have arranged has failed less than 12 months after it was done surely they should be liable for repairing the cock up ?

I've been in touch with them they sed as I bought the house it's no longer there problem with them they sed I should have checked it before hand as I did with a jet washer a week later no problems up to 3weeks ago with the first storm we had with the heavy rain. This is about as much as I can tell you all I know is the bricks above my living room window are bowed out not flush like the rest of the windows the pointing were the bricks are pointing is on a angle not like it should be theres no wep holes if that's the right name for it them plastic things you put in between the bricks. I was told the lintel had dropped a few years ago by the council but should had been fixed last year but never was just bodged up to make it lasts. If you have a email address I could send you the pictures of what gone on and the damage it has caused

Wayne Britton Friggin useless councils ! Might be worth going to citizens advice about it . It sound like the lintel is gone or there never was one plus if there is a cavity tray inside that’s gone too . Your probably looking in the region of £300 to £400 to renew everything . It’s a days work for a competent tradesman . Ask around in builders merchants if they can recommend a good bricky 🧱👍🏼

Vic Rivera Hi Vic . In he region of £250 £300 each pal 🧱👍🏽

gerard mo thanks pal , we hired them 👍🏼

We used to called them strong boys...great invention :) nice work man :)

Wayne Bailey . Yeah Wayne acrows and strong boys , great invention, they still get in the bloody way though! Handy for mounting a go pro though 👍🏼

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Krzysztof Krzysztof Thanks pal we are in Lancashire 🧱👍🏽

Thanks Ron . No they are hired 🧱👍🏽

Thanks pal there is no standard price as every job is different 👍🏽🧱

I used to put slate in but if you pack it tight you start to bend the lintel . I make sure the top bed is absolutely solid then I release the acrows so everything settles onto the new mortar nice and tight . Each to their own though . Thanks for watching and commenting 👍🏼

I used to but these modern lintels are very thin and packing slate tends to bend them . 🧱👍🏼

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