Lintel repair in Bury
Failed window and door heads on Bury terraces, Edwardian semis and interwar homes. We prop the brickwork, renew the lintel and match the bricks. Free quotes.
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- Cavity trays and weeps
- Kitchen door lintels
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Lintel trouble in Bury homes
A failing lintel rarely gives way all at once. The usual pattern is a hairline crack at the corner of a window that slowly widens, followed by a window or door that starts to bind. Spotting it early keeps the amount of brickwork that has to come down to a minimum.
Our lintel repair and replacement service props the wall, removes the old head and fits a new steel, Catnic or concrete lintel. Where bricks around the opening have cracked, our brickwork repairs cover those at the same visit.
Many lintel problems start with water getting through worn joints, so it can be worth repointing the area too. See our page on repointing in Bury for more.
Lintel prices in Bury
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 |
What sits over Bury windows and doors
Red brick terraces usually have arched brick heads or stone lintels at the front, but the back of the house is often plainer. Kitchen doors and rear windows on these terraces were sometimes altered over the years, and a later lintel put in without proper bearing can crack early. We check the bearing as well as the lintel itself.
Edwardian semis and interwar estate houses are more likely to have early steel or concrete lintels. Steel rusts and lifts the brickwork, and concrete cracks when the bars inside corrode. Both can usually be replaced from outside with the window or door left in place.
Lintel warning signs
- Crack widening from a window corner
- Back door starting to bind
- Rust bleeding through mortar joints
- Stone head cracked across
- Bricks sagging over a kitchen window
- Concrete spalling at the lintel ends
What happens when we replace a lintel
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Photos
Send a picture of the crack and the full opening.
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Written price
We quote for the lintel, the brickwork and any access needed.
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Prop and swap
Props hold the wall while the failed lintel comes out and the new one goes in.
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Rebuild
The brick above is relaid, pointed to match and left to set.
A cracked head, then repaired
Included in a lintel job
- Check of the opening and bearing
- Wall propped first
- Old lintel removed carefully
- New lintel suited to the wall
- Cavity tray and weep vents if needed
- Brickwork rebuilt to match
- Pointing coloured to blend
- Waste cleared away
Nearby lintel repair
Lintel pages for towns around Bury.
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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Lintel questions from Bury
We are building a kitchen extension. Can you fit the lintel for a new opening?
Send us details of the opening and a photo of the wall and we will tell you if it is something we can help with. A new opening in a load-bearing wall will need building regulations approval, and often an engineer's calculation for the lintel size.
What does lintel replacement cost in Bury?
Our prices are set by length, from £1,850 for 1 to 1.5 metres to £3,450 for over 3.5 up to 4 metres. An upstairs opening that needs scaffold, a stone head to replace, or extra brickwork to rebuild can push the figure above that.
Why has the lintel over our back door failed before the front ones?
Back doors and kitchen windows on terraces were often altered later, sometimes with lintels that lack enough bearing. They can also be close to downpipes and gutters that keep them wet.
Can a rusted steel lintel be painted to stop it?
Treating surface rust can slow it down on a lintel you can reach, but once steel has rusted badly enough to crack the brickwork, it has lost strength and needs replacing.
Is my house safe to live in with a cracked lintel?
Most cracked lintels are not an emergency, but a crack that is growing or bricks that have dropped should be looked at soon. If you are worried, send a photo and we will give you our view.
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