Hi Guys,
Haven't needed to call on your services for a long time but would like some advice please...
I'm currently replacing a lean to roof on the back of my house. The roof size is approx 6m wide by 2m long. Pitch is 35 degrees. My issue started when I began cutting the rafters in and realised pretty quickly that the 2 ends of the house were out of square. This mean I couldn't use my first rafter as a template for all the others. This wasn't a problem in itself (the weathers been more of a problem!) but now Im faced with the rafter lengths at eaves level being out by about +/- 40mm.
My question is; before I put my final cuts across the ends of the rafters and begin setting out the gauge for the tiles, what is the best way of compensating this difference? Should I follow the line of the original house at eaves level and live with my soffit running out by 40mm to make the tiles look right, or should I use the same measurement off either end and hope the tiles don't end up looking too bad! I've also got 2 veluxs going in so obviously I'm keen to keep the horizontal lines looking good.
Tiles are Marley Ludlow Major by the way.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any advice!
Haven't needed to call on your services for a long time but would like some advice please...
I'm currently replacing a lean to roof on the back of my house. The roof size is approx 6m wide by 2m long. Pitch is 35 degrees. My issue started when I began cutting the rafters in and realised pretty quickly that the 2 ends of the house were out of square. This mean I couldn't use my first rafter as a template for all the others. This wasn't a problem in itself (the weathers been more of a problem!) but now Im faced with the rafter lengths at eaves level being out by about +/- 40mm.
My question is; before I put my final cuts across the ends of the rafters and begin setting out the gauge for the tiles, what is the best way of compensating this difference? Should I follow the line of the original house at eaves level and live with my soffit running out by 40mm to make the tiles look right, or should I use the same measurement off either end and hope the tiles don't end up looking too bad! I've also got 2 veluxs going in so obviously I'm keen to keep the horizontal lines looking good.
Tiles are Marley Ludlow Major by the way.
Sorry for the long post and thanks in advance for any advice!