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  • Given the UPVC windows, it's possble that it's been messed with.

    Worst that could happen is the curtain track* is pulled out though, I guess.

  • Totally possible, given how this house has seemingly been abused in every conceivable way, the masonry on exterior seemed fairly untouched, by which I mean it was as fucked as the rest when we had it repaired, but I guess the lintel could have been replaced from the inside.

    Speaking of lintels. How much height could I gain in a doorway by replacing what's probably a concrete lintel with a catnic one? I have a window at the back, cavity wall, that would make an excellent patio door on to my garden, but it's only about 1.8m high.

  • How much height is there to the ceiling? Which way do the joists above run?

    Were the original windows a wooden bay? As TW says it’s very possible a new lintel was fitted when those were changed to UPVC

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