Lintel repair in St Helens
Window and door heads that have dropped or cracked on St Helens brick terraces, propped and replaced, with the brickwork above rebuilt to match. Free quotes.
- 18 years in the trade
- Free quotes
- Door and window heads
- Reclaimed brick matched
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When the brick over a window drops
Brick terraces from the glass and coal era have stood for a long time, but their window and door heads are often the weak point. Old arches loosen, timber rots and early iron rusts, and the result is a crack or a dip in the brickwork over the opening.
With our lintel repair and replacement service, we take the load off the opening, remove whatever has failed and put in a modern lintel sized to the span. For the full picture of how that works, read the lintel replacement guide.
Bricks broken by the movement can be replaced with reclaimed ones through our brickwork repairs. If the wall needs repointing too, see repointing in St Helens.
Lintel prices in St Helens
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 |
Heads on glass and coal era terraces
Many of these terraces were built quickly and to a budget, with shallow brick arches or timber lintels over the openings. Years of settlement can leave an arch flattened, and a rear door head is often in worse shape than the front because it has had less attention.
Older terraces can also suffer from coal era soot and damp around chimneys and rear walls, which makes the brickwork and joints near the head weaker. We check the brick around the opening as well as the lintel, because rebuilding on weak brick will not hold.
Common warning signs
- Flattened arch over a back door
- Crack rising from the corner of a frame
- Brick course bowing above a window
- Door that will no longer close cleanly
- Rot visible behind the reveal
- Gaps at the top of the frame
Our approach to a failed head
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Photos and advice
We tell you from the pictures whether it looks like a lintel problem.
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Support the brickwork
Needles and props go in so the wall above is held during the work.
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New lintel fitted
The old head comes out and a correctly sized lintel is bedded in.
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Brickwork made good
Bricks are rebuilt and pointed to match, then the props come out.
A dropped head, before and after
What you get
- Inspection of the opening
- Props and needles before work
- Old arch, timber or steel out
- New lintel suited to the wall
- Tray and weeps on cavity walls
- Reclaimed brick to match
- Pointing blended in
- Area swept and props removed
Lintel repair near St Helens
Nearby towns with their own lintel pages.
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
St Helens lintel questions
The crack is over my back door, not a window. Is it the same job?
Yes. Door heads carry brick in the same way as window heads, and the repair is the same. Back doors are often worse because they get less maintenance.
How much will it cost to replace a lintel?
Our lintel prices go by length. Between 1 and 1.5 metres the price is £1,850 and the top band of over 3.5 up to 4 metres is £3,450. Weak brick around the opening, scaffold or a lot of rebuild can mean a job costs more than its band.
Can you find matching old bricks?
We reuse the bricks that come out whole and look for reclaimed ones to fill any gaps. The aim is for the repair to blend in once it has weathered.
Is a hairline crack above a window worth worrying about?
It is worth watching. If it gets wider, starts to step or the bricks dip, the lintel is likely moving and should be looked at.
How long do the props stay in?
Until the mortar over the new lintel has set enough to carry the load. We then take them out and make good the holes.
Send a photo of the crack
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