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Lintel and sunshade

A small RCC beam over doors and windows, often with a projecting shade above the window.

Lintel and sunshade: illustration
Illustration

Why it matters

The lintel carries the wall above the opening. In Chennai sun and rain, a sunshade keeps windows cooler and drier.

How Elamentt handles it

Lintels and sunshades are included in the structure; the studio counts them for your plan.

Next step

See it on your
own plot.

Our studio turns your plot size into a plan, a 3D model built stage by stage, and a list of the cement, steel, bricks and sand it needs. Or ask an engineer.