How Can You Determine If A Steel Building Lintol Is Heavy Duty Or Not ?..?
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lintels are all the same gages.
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most steel lintels are the same gauge ..but you can buy heavy duty steel lintels ..but you would have to order it specially ..the easiest way to tell a heavy duty one is to weigh it and compare against a standard one ..take a set of scales with you !..to be totally sure ring up a firm like CATNIC or BIRTLEY they could give you the code numbers on the back of lintels….remember you need a bearing of 150mm each side
Most steel lintels can be lifted by one or two persons.
I fitted a RSJ 2.2 meters 175mm x 100mm and its easy for two persons to lift above there heads.
Check out your local builder supply the will have the answer .
A good rule of thumb when checking to see if the metal being used is a heavy gauge of metal would be to look for the manufactures marks and check the gauge numbers at your local hardware store, to make sure the metal is as heavy a gauge as you desire.