Openings in Flemish Bond

[CabinetFred]

Hi All,

Has anyone cut new doorways into load bearing Flemish Bond walls? Im cutting a new doorway into the side wall of my end-of-terrace property for basement access (Pending Building Regs approval), and while I'm familiar with acros and strongboys I haven't done anything in this style of brickwork before. For a standard single doorway should I be using needles all the way through, or would a couple of strongboys be sufficient? Of course I'll get any calcs done etc. that are needed by the engineer, I just wondered if anyone had a 'method' so to speak for openings in flemish bond.

Thanks!

 

[^woody^]

It's no different to any other bond. One needle or two strong boys. No calcs required for a standard lintel over a single doorway.

 

[CabinetFred]

Thanks Woody, thats very reassuring! In with the strongboys, out with the bricks! Cheers!