Heywood lintel repair and replacement
Dropped arches on Heywood's mill-town terraces and rusting steel on newer homes. We take the weight off, renew the lintel and rebuild the brickwork above.
- 18 years in the trade
- Free quotes
- Brick arches rebuilt
- Weep vents and trays
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Openings that have started to move
Look above your windows from across the road. If a line of bricks has a slight smile in it, or a crack zigzags from the frame towards the eaves, the lintel is likely to be the cause. Left alone, the gap usually widens with each winter.
Through our lintel repair work we fit props and needles, take out the failed head and bed a new steel or concrete lintel in its place. Brick arches can be rebuilt over the new lintel so the terrace keeps its look.
Worn mortar elsewhere is covered on our page about repointing in Heywood, and cracked bricks can be renewed via our brick repair service. Read the lintel guide for the full process.
Lintel prices in Heywood
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.
See every lintel price
| 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 |
Mill-town terraces and newer estates
Mill-town brick terraces usually carry a shallow brick arch over each window with no steel behind it. The arch holds up only as long as its joints stay tight. As the mortar washes out the bricks shift, the centre drops and the courses above follow. A rebuilt arch on a hidden lintel cures it for good.
Newer estate homes have cavity walls with steel lintels and, in most cases, trays and weep vents. Faults there tend to come from blocked weeps, a missing tray or a lintel set without enough bearing. Water then sits on the steel and rust lifts the brickwork, often over a wide patio door or garage.
Lintel signs on old and new homes
- Brick arch sagging in the middle
- Zigzag crack heading for the eaves
- Weep vents blocked or missing
- Rust lifting bricks over a patio door
- Garage door head bowing
- Frame jamming as the season changes
Four steps to a new lintel
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Tell us what you see
Photos of the crack, the head and the brick above help us find the cause.
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Support goes in
Props and needles hold the wall before the old head is cut out.
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Lintel bedded
The new lintel is set level, with a tray and weeps in cavity walls.
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Brick and arch relaid
Brickwork or the arch is rebuilt, pointed and left to set before props come out.
Old head and new lintel compared
Your Heywood lintel job includes
- Check of what lintel is fitted
- Support before any brick is removed
- Failed arch or steel taken out
- Lintel sized for the opening
- Tray and weep vents to cavity walls
- Arch rebuilt over the new lintel
- Pointing to match the house
- Props down and site swept
Nearby lintel repair pages
Lintel work in towns close to Heywood.
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?
Send a photo of the wall and we will tell you what it needs.
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Guides
Heywood lintel questions
What does lintel replacement cost in Heywood?
Every band covers the inside and outside lintel and goes by length. A 1 to 1.5 metre opening is £1,850, and a wide patio door over 2.5 up to 3 metres is £2,750. If only one side needs doing it is half, so £925 or £1,375. Arch rebuilding, scaffold and upstairs work add to it.
Can a mill terrace keep its brick arch?
Yes. We take the arch down, fit a steel lintel behind and rebuild the arch in the same bricks where they are sound. The front looks as it did.
Why would a newer house have a lintel problem?
Usually because water is getting onto the steel. Blocked weep vents, a missing cavity tray or a lintel without enough bearing can all cause rust or movement.
Our garage door head is bowing. Is that a lintel?
A garage opening is wide, so its lintel carries a lot. Bowing or cracking at the ends suggests it is struggling. Send us a picture and we will tell you what we see.
Can I live in the house during the work?
Yes. Everything is done from outside with the wall propped. The window or door affected may need to stay shut until we finish.
Ask about your Heywood lintel
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