Lintel repair in Halifax
Failing window and door heads put right on Halifax stone terraces and back-to-backs, including houses built into steep valley sides. Free quotes from your photos.
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- Upstairs heads by scaffold
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Lintel trouble on Halifax stone houses
Stone houses on Halifax's valley sides were built heavy, with thick walls and solid heads over each opening. That weight is a strength until a head cracks or its inner timber rots. Then the load finds the weakest path down, and the joints above the opening split apart.
Our lintel repair and replacement work restores that support. We prop the walling, remove the failed head or its rotten backing, and fit a new lintel sized for the wall.
Walling is relaid and pointed in a mortar that suits the stone, and broken stones are swapped through repairs to brick and stone. If the joints around the house need doing as well, see our page on repointing in Halifax.
Lintel prices in Halifax
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 |
Valley-side terraces and back-to-backs
Houses cut into a slope often have a lower floor at the front that is part buried at the back. The openings on that lower floor sit in walls that hold back ground and stay damp, which is hard on timber lintels and any steel inside. We check these lower openings closely.
Back-to-backs on steep streets have every door and window on one wall. A cracked head there affects both rooms behind it, and access for props on a sloping pavement needs planning. We allow for the slope when we price.
Early warnings around an opening
- Joints splitting open above a stone head
- Lower floor window head damp and cracking
- Inner timber soft when pressed
- Door sticking at the top on a sloping street
- Daylight showing around a frame head
- Stone sill cracked in line with the head
Four steps to a sound head
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Photos of the opening
Show us the crack outside and any marks inside the room.
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Level the props
On a slope, props are set on firm, level footings before work begins.
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Renew the head
The failed lintel or rotten timber comes out and a new lintel goes in.
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Rebuild the walling
Stone is laid back, pointed to match and the props come down once it has set.
Before and after on a stone opening
Part of every lintel job
- Check of inside and outside faces
- Props set level on sloping ground
- Stones taken down and stored
- Rotten timber or failed head removed
- New lintel bedded on sound bearings
- Cavity tray and weeps on any cavity wall
- Walling relaid and pointed to suit
- Area cleared when the props are out
Lintel pages near Halifax
More lintel repair pages for towns in the area.
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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Halifax lintel questions
How much is a new lintel on a Halifax stone house?
We charge by the length of the lintel, starting at £1,850 for 1 to 1.5 metres and going up to £3,450 for over 3.5 up to 4 metres. A steep pavement for the props, an upstairs head on scaffold or extra stone to rebuild can add to it. Every band includes inside and outside. Should only one side need a new lintel, you pay half, from £925 at the short end to £1,725 at the long end.
My lower ground floor window is cracking. Why there?
Walls that hold back earth stay wet, and timber or steel in them decays faster. It is common for these heads to fail before the ones upstairs.
Can you work on a pavement that slopes steeply?
Yes. Props and scaffold are set on levelled bases. We plan this from your photos so we arrive with the right kit.
Will the room be dusty?
Most dust is outside, but where the inner lintel is replaced we sheet off the window area. Some plaster around the head will need making good afterwards.
Should I fix the lintel before repointing?
Yes. Repointing over a moving opening will crack again. It makes sense to do the lintel first and then repoint the wall.
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