Corroded garage lintel replacements
Corroded garage lintel replacements
Binningup
Lintel replacements are fast becoming one of our most requested services as of late, with many people having buildings of certain ages where they are just old enough that their lintels (which may not have been galvanised when installed) are starting to show worrying levels of corrosion and want our advice on what they should do about them.
Depending on the degree of corrosion, we can either recommend they be rubbed back and coated with an anti-corrosive treatment or full replacement of the lintel.
In this case, our Client lives in Binningup and not far from the ocean, which meant their garage door lintels and a nearby window lintel were heavily corroded from the salty air and not being galvanised prior to construction.
The three garage door lintels were heavily corroded and all required replacement due the fact they were expanding and cracking the surrounding brickwork as a result.
Our Team worked hard to remove the three lintels as these they were angled lintels and bolted behind into the concrete slab of the second storey to hold up the brickwork, which required considerable effort to remove them.
As the lintels were being removed, layers of metal were found to be lose and easily pulled away from the rest of the lintel, a clear sign that replacing them was the best solution.
After the lintels were replaced and new bolts installed to tie them back into the concrete slab behind, the brickwork was re-instated to best match the original.
The window lintel was not as corroded as the others, so the Client choose to have us partially removing the surrounding brickwork so they could access the lintel, treat and later paint it before the brickwork was re-installed.