Lintels & Galintels Sydney from Vincent Buda

180mm Cavi T Bar

Galintel Cavi-T-Bar™ Lintel

• Top flange for added strength
• Fully hot-dip galvanised
• Up to 25% lighter than built-up sections

The Galintel Cavi-T-Bar™ lintel is the ideal solution for cavity walls, either double brick, or brick veneer with timber trusses. The Cavi-T-Bar™ was developed in response to demand from builders for an economical substitute for built-up steel sections such as parallel flange channel and plate. Similar to a T-bar but with a special top flange incorporated into the upright section, the Galintel Cavi-T-Bar™ provides an off-the shelf solution for cavity walls, hot-dip galvanised, fully engineered and university tested.

Available from accredited Galintel® distributors, the Cavi-T-Bar™ is a convenient alternative to custom-made lintels such as PFC and flat plate beams, which have to be fabricated and galvanised. As with all quality Galintel® products, the Cavi-T-Bar™ lintel is provided with a full product warranty and safe load tables. The Galintel® brand is your guarantee of quality, performance and code compliance.

The quick, economical solution for cavity walls:

• Up to 25% lighter than built-up steel sections
• Fully hot-dip galvanised (600 g/m2)
• Standard lengths 2.7m, 3.6m, 5.4m, 6.0m
• Non-standard lengths available to order
• Engineered and university tested
• Fully warranted

PGH Lintels
PGH Lintels are pre-stressed terracotta and concrete filled beams, designed to support brickwork over window and door openings, which are to be rendered. Each PGH Lintel is pre-stressed to over 22kN to ensure superior tensile strength. Lintels should be supported either end of the opening by a minimum of 110mm. Safe load capacity tables are available on request. A prop should support spans over 1800mm until mortar dries.

Concrete Lintels

A range of purposely designed Ultrafloor Lintels is also available for use with the suspended flooring system or wherever else necessary. Ultrafloor Lintels are:

• Made of high strength concrete under strict quality control.
• Manufactured in four convenient sizes to suit all standard and modular bricks and are easily rendered or covered with gyprock internally.
• Fire rated under load in accordance with AS 1530.4-1990.
• Non-corrodible and thus ideal for marine and industrial exposure conditions.
• Able to be used in pier and beam situations for new house foundations and also for
• re-cladding of existing houses.
• Ideal for use in creating an upstand ("hob") on a concrete slab.

Construction Notes

Composite Action The load carrying capacity of the Ultrafloor lintels increases significantly when they act compositely with the brickwork above. This additional strength depends on the number of brick courses applied and the tables provided in this brochure give an indication of the maximum spans in different configurations. The following instructions are important:

• Lintels must be placed with the rough side on top to provide a proper key to the masonry above;
• Lintels must be propped at intervals not exceeding 1500mm until the masonry mortar has matured.

Bearing Length
The minimum end bearing of the lintel on the brickwork is 100mm for spans up to 1200mm and 150mm for longer spans, based on the assumption of a minimum brick crushing strength of 20 MPa.