What is a keystone lintel?

Keystone Brick Slip Feature Lintels are a one piece, prefabricated unit with factory applied brick slips. Units are manufactured bespoke to order and can achieve even the most challenging architectural designs.

Are Box lintels load bearing?

SOLID WALL BOX LINTELS The lintel is designed to carry the full load of wet masonry as soon as it is installed but must have a minimum end bearing of 150mm each side of the opening and be bedded on mortar with all perpendicular joints filled with mortar.

What is a brick slip lintel?

Brick Slip Lightweight Brick Headers are installed on the outer leaf of a standard lintel. These lightweight products are manufactured offsite negating the need for brick cutting or mechanical handling onsite. Bricks are collected from site to ensure that the product blends seamlessly with traditionally laid brickwork.

What is RCC lintel?

Lintel beams are constructed on the top of openings in the wall like windows and Doors. These are designed based on the dimensions of the openings above which it is built. Among different types of lintels, RCC lintel is the most commonly used lintel due to its ease of design and construction.

What are cavity lintels?

Cavity wall lintels are considered to be suitable for most domestic, commercial developments and framed structures. A cavity lintel is designed to be used when two layers of bricks and blocks, or ‘skins’ are used to construct a space or cavity between the structure.

What are Catnic lintels?

The Catnic Thermally Broken Lintel, or TBL, is a type of thermally broken steel lintel for use in masonry cavity wall build-ups. It provides support over structural openings such as doors and windows, while minimising linear thermal bridging heat loss compared to conventional cavity lintels.

How much weight can a lintel take?

A 900mm SL50 has a height of 95mm, and weighs 6.2kg per metre. Looking at SWL figures you can see that if your floor load is a 1:1 ratio (so the same weight is applied on both the inner leaf and outer leaf, then this SL50 at 900mm can take a load of 8kN on each leaf.

What are brick arches?

Brick arches are ornamental ways of bridging openings which are comprised of small units bonded together around a curve or series of curves. Arches need no additional reinforcements as brick lintels do because of wedge shaped units as load increases, the unit in the arch becomes tighter.

How many types of lintels are there?

There are 7 types of lintels used in buildings. RCC lintel, Concrete lintel, Steel lintel, Brick lintel, Timber lintel, Stone lintel, and Flitched lintel.

Is lintel a PCC or RCC?

RCC lintel is a type of lintel reinforced with steel rods. RCC lintels are suitable in any type of loads and spanning. They are widely used due to their strength, rigidity, economy, fire resistance, and ease of construction.

What are the different types of lintels?

The main types of lintels are: Brick lintel, timber lintel, steel lintel and concrete lintel.

• Concrete Lintels. Concrete lintels are one of the most common types of lintels used in construction.
• Timber Lintels.
• Stone Lintels.
• Steel Lintels.
• Brick Lintels.
• Reinforced Brick Lintels.