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Steel & Concrete Lintels delivered to Worthing

A lintel is a beam that carries the masonry over a door or window opening; most UK houses use galvanised steel cavity lintels or prestressed concrete lintels.

Building in Worthing? Send us your list and we will come back with a delivered price for the lintels and anything else on it.

Galvanised steel cavity lintels and concrete lintels stacked on timber bearers

Steel & Concrete Lintels to Worthing: the basics

Daylight
About 7h 56m on the shortest day
Nearby (straight line)
Portslade (7 mi), Littlehampton (7 mi), Hove (9 mi)
Delivering to
Worthing, West Sussex
How it arrives
On the lorry bed, hand or crane offload
Delivery
Standard mainland delivery
Postcode districts
BN11, BN14, BN13, BN15

Choosing from our lintels range

  • PadstonesConcrete pads that spread the load at the ends of beams and lintels.
  • Single-leaf and box lintelsFor solid walls, timber frame and internal walls.
  • Heavy-duty and extra-heavy lintelsFor openings carrying floors or a lot of masonry.
  • Cavity trays and stop endsTo shed water out of the cavity over openings.

Things to check before you order

Steel or concrete?

Steel cavity lintels support both leaves and include insulation to limit cold bridging. Concrete lintels are simple and robust for single leaves and internal walls.

Which lintel for my opening?

Measure the clear opening, add the end bearing each side, and note the wall type (cavity width, inner and outer leaf) and what sits above. Manufacturers publish load tables; for anything carrying a floor, roof or point load get an engineer or building control to confirm.

In England, building work is checked against the Approved Documents, for example Part A for structure and Part L for energy efficiency, through your council's building control team or a registered building control approver.

Delivery to Worthing: what helps

Lintels are long, so tell us about tight access. Shorter lintels can travel with a mixed load; long steel lintels are handled by hand or crane. Worthing is inside our standard mainland delivery area.

  • If the site is up a shared drive or behind other houses, tell us the distance from the road.
  • Have someone on site for the delivery if you can, or agree a safe drop point with us in advance.
  • Give us the full postcode for the drop point; deliveries around BN11 are priced to the exact address.

A quick quantity check

For a 1,800 mm clear opening, add at least 150 mm of bearing at each end: the lintel needs to be at least 2,100 mm long. Then pick the type for the wall build-up and check the load in the manufacturer's table, or ask your engineer if the opening carries a floor or roof.

Steel & Concrete Lintels questions

Can I add other materials to my Worthing delivery?

Yes. Put everything on one list, from lintels to fixings and PPE, and we will price it as one delivery where the products can travel together.

How soon can lintels be delivered in Worthing?

We confirm the delivery date when we price your order, before you commit. It depends on the product, the quantity and whether it is a stock line or made to order.

Do I need building control approval for a new lintel?

Making or widening an opening in a loadbearing wall is structural work, so in most cases yes. Building control or an engineer will confirm the lintel.

What is a padstone for?

It spreads a concentrated load, such as the end of a beam, over a larger area of masonry so the blocks or bricks underneath are not crushed.

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Tell us what you need and where it is going. We check the quantities and come back with a delivered price before you commit.

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