Garage Door Brick Lintel

After years of water infiltration and weathering the steel of the garage lintel begins to corrode and fail requiring a garage lintel replacement.
Garage door brick lintel. Sagging garage door header lift system. Concrete lintel was failing so prior to replacing single panel garage door with insulated sectional garage door uss replaced the lintel with a steel beam a. The inspector noticed that a steel plate acting as lintel beam is running over the garage door to support the brick layer above but it ended up 3 inches short on one end. 1 is a drawing provided to give guidance in constructing lintels over garage doors or with spans greater than 12 0.
My client is selling their house and the buyer s inspector pointed out the overhead garage door lintel is sagging and there are brickwork cracks as a result. When a garage door lintel fails it causes the brick wall being supported to sag leaving a noticeable crack right above the garage door. They are asking for seller concessions as my client is not interested in making repairs. The lintellift system is a patented product that ensures garage door lintels or headers won t sag.
Brick veneer lintels tables give allowable heights of 3 nominal brick including king size western king size and queen size and 4 nominal brick including. Garage lintel replacement is becoming more frequent as homes and buildings age.