Main door opening lintel or beam

[immyran7]

Hi,

I am planning to remove my house's main door and the decorating arch over the door and use my porch door as my main door. Once the door is removed I would like to make an opening to the garage from where the original door was. The house was built in the 1930s, solid brick with no cavity. Please see the pictures for more information.
The wall above the original door is a load bearing wall holding the external wall of the box room
The wall where the proposed new door into the garage is a load bearing wall holding the original external wall of the house.

I got few questions
1-Can I use a concrete lintel to support where the original door was and for where the door to the garage is going to be? or should I use beams.
2-How far should the new door into the garage be from the corner of the house?

thanks

 

[Ivor Windybottom]

You're planning to support the front wall of your house on a beam, which will itself be resting on a door lintel into the garage.

I don't know the answer, but you need a structural engineer to design it. It's carrying the weight of the wall above and probably the roof.

I'd suggest moving the garage door towards the stairs, away from the front wall. This will also mean you would be able to put furniture along the front wall of the converted garage without the door bumping into it.