Can a lintel be supported in the middle - not at end

[close-enough]

Hi - can anyone tell me if a lintel can be supported by a stud at one end and by another stud that is 50cm from the other end?

Or do the studs have to be right at the ends of the lintel?

It could save me putting in an unwanted post in the middle of the room if I didn't have to support the lintel at its extremity...

[ausdesign]

'morning close-enough.
If it is a 'lintel' probably not unless it was engineer designed.
More info is required as to what the lintel is supporting, what the backspan distance is from the 500mm & the size of the lintel.
i.e if the lintel or beam is 6met long & you want to cantilever 500 then depending on its application & size maybe. If its 1.5 long & you want to overhang 500 then I wouldn't hold my breath.
If you can provide more specific details I can give you a better idea.

[Bodgy]

Close Enough, are we related? Bodgy - Close enough? We probably went to the same school.

Like Peter says, if the un-supported part is short relative to the overall length you have got a chance. Moving up to a heavier gauge lintel might be enough. Also welding a fin on top of the overhang and back a way, will add strength and rigidity, as will an angle lintel.

If its an important aspect of the design, you'll need an engineers report.

[close-enough]

Thanks for that.

The lintel is to replace a 2.8m long internal wall that I suspect is non-load bearing but I have been tricked before.
Hopefully I may not need a lintel at all, but as I have only ever heard of ones that are supported at either end... I was just curious.

If the wall is 2.8m long - would a post at 50cm from the end be too much of an overhang?

(I suppose it depends on how much load it is bearing, which to my untrained eye is hard to tell.)

Thanks for any ideas

[Bodgy]

Mate, blind Freddy can tell if a wall's load bearing.

Just get up in the roof and check it out. If not just the top plate will probably do.