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What are the causes behind arch and lintel failure?
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[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”about_right” width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Arches and lintels above doors and windows fail for a number of reasons. To repair them properly, finding and eliminating the root cause of the failure is of tantamount importance. If you’re wondering why your arches and/or lintels have failed, read on for some of the top reasons.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner el_class=”wall_threes_box” width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1486″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1549946261517{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Arch and Lintel Failure Cause No. 1: Subsidence” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1582770101818{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 40px !important;background-color: #140b2e !important;}”][vc_column_text]Subsidence is the top cause of arch and lintel failure. Subsidence causes the ground underneath your home to sink downwards or shift laterally. This places immense force on your home’s foundation.
The force travels throughout your home’s foundations up into your walls, ceiling and roof, causing unevenness and instability everywhere. When uneven forces find themselves around the arches and lintels above your windows and doors, they’re going to squeeze them inwards or pull away from them.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”wall_threes_box” width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1489″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1549946271051{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Arch and Lintel Failure Cause No. 2: Steel Corrosion” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1582770111999{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 16px !important;background-color: #140b2e !important;}”][vc_column_text]Steel arch bars or steel lintels corrode over lengthy periods of time due to exposure to moisture and salts. These arch bars and lintels are designed to divert heavy wall loads to the supports on either side of your windows and doors. However, when steel corrodes it expands, weakens and no longer diverts force properly down the sides of windows and doors. Downward pressure causes cracks to appear, bricks to slip and even fall down from above.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner equal_height=”yes”][vc_column_inner el_class=”wall_threes_box” width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1488″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1549946278612{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Arch and Lintel Failure Cause No. 3: Poor Workmanship” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1549949051088{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #140b2e !important;}”][vc_column_text]If an arch is poorly constructed or if a lintel is poorly installed, the pressure surrounding the arch or lintel is going to be uneven. Uneven loads will eventually cause them to break and fail.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=”wall_threes_box” width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”1487″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css=”.vc_custom_1549946284856{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_custom_heading text=”Arch and Lintel Failure Cause No. 4: Mortar Corrosion” font_container=”tag:h2|font_size:18px|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1549949060233{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #140b2e !important;}”][vc_column_text]Over time, the mortar used to hold brick or stone together can fail due to natural elements such as time and weather. Lime mortar, which is used in a lot of older buildings, is particularly susceptible to corrosion.
When the mortar used to fasten the bricks in arches together becomes weak, the bricks become loose. When mortar surrounding a lintel fails, it’s usually an indicator the mortar around the window and doorway will fail too.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” css=”.vc_custom_1549945870540{margin-bottom: 40px !important;padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;background-image: url(http://pepper.buildfix.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/car-banner.jpg?id=1133) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column][vc_row_inner content_placement=”middle”][vc_column_inner width=”1/2″][vc_column_text]
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