Lintel repair in Birkenhead
Cracked sandstone heads, failing steel and dropped brickwork over windows on Birkenhead's Victorian terraces and townhouses, repaired and rebuilt to match.
- 18 years in the trade
- Free quotes
- Sandstone heads assessed
- Tall openings propped
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Big windows, heavy heads
Large Victorian houses were built with tall windows and generous doors, and the heads over them carry a lot of masonry. When one of those heads cracks or a hidden support rots, the movement above can be significant.
Our lintel repair and replacement service props the wall, removes the failed head and fits a new lintel. Where the house has sandstone heads, we can often keep the stone as a facing with steel carrying the weight behind it.
Damaged brick around the opening can be replaced through our brick repairs. If the joints on the house have worn too, take a look at repointing in Birkenhead.
Lintel prices in Birkenhead
Priced by lintel length. Move the slider to match your opening and send it to us.
Each price covers the inside and outside lintel, propping, rebuilding the brickwork above and pointing to match. If only one side needs doing, it is half price. Openings under 1 metre or over 4 metres are priced from photos.
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| Lintel length | Inside and out | One side only |
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| 1 to 1.5 metres | £1,850 | £925 |
| 1.5 to 2 metres | £2,150 | £1,075 |
| 2 to 2.5 metres | £2,450 | £1,225 |
| 2.5 to 3 metres | £2,750 | £1,375 |
| 3 to 3.5 metres | £3,150 | £1,575 |
| 3.5 to 4 metres | £3,450 | £1,725 |
Sandstone and red brick in Birkenhead
Many of Birkenhead's Victorian terraces and townhouses combine red brick walls with sandstone heads, sills and dressings. Sandstone is soft and layered, so it can split along its bed or crumble if water gets behind it, and a cracked head often shows as a clean break through the middle.
On the larger townhouses, tall sash windows sit one above another. A failure on the ground floor can let the piers between the windows move, so we check the openings above as well before deciding what to replace.
Problems we look for over openings
- Sandstone head split through the middle
- Stone crumbling along its layers
- Brick piers between windows cracking
- Tall sash sticking at the top
- Gap opening above a front door
- Rust marks on a later replacement head
How we deal with a failed head
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Study the photos
We check the head, the crack and the windows above it.
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Prop the masonry
Props and needles hold the wall above the opening.
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Fit new support
A steel or concrete lintel goes in, with the stone face kept if sound.
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Rebuild and point
Masonry is rebuilt and pointed to match, then the props come out.
A sandstone window head made safe
Birkenhead lintel work covers
- Check of the head and openings above
- Props before any masonry is removed
- Cracked stone or failed lintel removed
- New steel or concrete lintel fitted
- Sandstone face reused where possible
- Tray and weeps on cavity walls
- Brick and pointing matched
- Site cleared and props removed
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Our services
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Brick repointing
Failing joints raked out and refilled in mortar matched to your brick.
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Lime and mortar pointing
Breathable lime or matched mortar for Victorian, Edwardian and older homes.
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Lintel repair and replacement
Cracked or sagging window and door heads propped, replaced and rebuilt.
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Brickwork repairs
Spalled, cracked and loose bricks cut out and replaced to match.
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Bricklaying
Garden walls, boundary walls, piers and small brickwork builds.
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Not sure what you need?
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Birkenhead lintel questions
Can a split sandstone head be saved?
If the stone is otherwise sound, we can fit a steel lintel behind it and bed the two halves back so the original look stays. If it has crumbled badly, we discuss replacing it.
Why is my sandstone sill and head crumbling?
Sandstone weathers along its natural layers, especially if water is trapped behind it by hard cement. Repointing around it in a softer mix helps slow the damage.
How much is lintel replacement in Birkenhead?
A 1 to 1.5 metre lintel is £1,850 and the bands rise to £3,450 at 3.5 to 4 metres. Tall townhouse openings, scaffold on upper floors and stonework to rebuild can add to that price. Both the internal and external lintel are covered, and a single side is half the band, so from £925.
Do I need to check with building control?
Replacing a structural lintel may need building regulations approval. Ask your local building control before work starts, and check with the council too if the house is in a conservation area.
Can you do the upstairs window first?
We usually start with whichever opening has moved most. If an upstairs head is the problem, we prop and replace it from scaffold.
Show us your window head
Lintel quotes in Birkenhead are free. Send a photo or call.