Looking at ancient architectural monuments, you can see that certain elements that are often used now were not used for them. For example, builders have not used reinforced concrete lintels before. Instead, brick was used in the construction.
It should be noted that floor beams (reinforced concrete) greatly facilitate the process of building a building. The operational properties of the material are also of great importance. The reinforced concrete lintel is able to withstand a relatively large weight. This is especially important when building buildings with several floors. Since 1802, reinforced concrete began to be used in construction. This material has gradually become one of the main ones in the construction of multi-storey buildings.
Reinforced concrete lintels are structural elements that are very popular today. Most often, these elements are used in the construction of openings (window and door). In addition, reinforced concrete lintels are also used in other cases. For example, when building vineyards, fences, fences.
Reinforced concrete lintels are highly resistant toenvironmental influences, in particular, to precipitation, as well as aggressive biological and chemical substances. Among the advantages of these structures, it should be noted their high strength, fire resistance. Of no small importance is the relatively affordable cost of the elements, as well as the ease of their installation.
Reinforced concrete lintels are erected simultaneously with the construction of walls and can be ready-made or monolithic. The latter are poured directly on the spot. In construction, however, factory-made reinforced concrete lintels are more popular. They have a number of advantages. In particular, ready-made factory elements are installed directly at the opening. This significantly saves construction time, due to the fact that workers do not stand idle. It is also important that factory products undergo special quality control, since they belong to the category of load-bearing structures. However, despite the rather strict control of the release of elements, improper installation can impair the performance of products.
Although there are different design methods, there are some general rules. However, in some cases, elements are used, the bearing load of which exceeds the planned one. This choice is acceptable. You cannot select jumpers with less than planned carrying capacity.
Before installing the elements, the supporting parts of the walls must be checked (this is done using a level). When constructing jumpers, it should be remembered that when designing andwhen creating structures, one direction of loading is taken into account. In this regard, they must be installed in a certain position in relation to other elements of the wall structure. This not only makes the appearance of the building more aesthetic, but also increases the stability of the structure.
