I am planning a Kitchen/diner project. Already had the single skin wall between kitchen and what used to be the diner taken out and supporting steel put in. The diner adjoins a single storey extension via an opening which used to be the French doors to the garden. So we are talking the double skimmed outer wall ( before the extension was built) of the house. Anyway I recently found that this doorway also used to have a window next to it which has been infilled. I thought I'd excavate with the idea that I could widen this opening between the rooms. I thought I'd better check how the opening was supported and to my surprise I can't find any lintel. Just a soldier course spanning the whole opening including over the infilled window. Seems weird given this is the original wall of the house. I'd expect some kind of lintel or frame behind the soldier course but there's nothing I can't believe there is no support and they were relying on the window and door frame. And the door opening has been open for over 25 years without a door in it. I've put some photos in the first shows where I dug out some infill under the soldier course. I prob need to explore more but it would be helpful to know what I am looking for. Any ideas?
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