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Do window and door openings require lintels or is the glued brick sufficient by itself? How large of an opening is possible without steel lintels?

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Do window and door openings require lintels or is the glued brick sufficient by itself? How large of an opening is possible without steel lintels?

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They do require lintels until engineers have more experience with our bricks. At first, any engineer is going to approach questions like this with a CYA attitude. Our lintels will be simple steel bars across the opening which the bricks will sit on, much like brick homes built in the 40s and 50s.