ᐅ How to properly install lintels above windows? Use galvanized steel angle brackets?
Created on: 2 Sep 2018 22:45
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blaupuma
Attention, special question.
Hello, we are getting horizontal lintels (the opposite of soldier lintels). Does anyone know of any good methods besides prefabricated lintels?
My builder wants to use galvanized angle irons. I keep hearing that lintels tend to crack.
Thanks to all.
Hello, we are getting horizontal lintels (the opposite of soldier lintels). Does anyone know of any good methods besides prefabricated lintels?
My builder wants to use galvanized angle irons. I keep hearing that lintels tend to crack.
Thanks to all.
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Knallkörper8 Sep 2018 23:22Certainly not. First of all, there is no reason to galvanize stainless steel (i.e., rust-resistant steel) because it does not rust. Secondly, zinc on stainless steel causes galvanic corrosion (see electrochemical series).