Lean to Gazebo to UK Timber frame House with single brick layer

[kwyjibo]

Hi,

I am planning to build a lean to gazebo (or buy a pre built one) to the side of my house

The house is an ex council, timber frame, house, from around 1970s, it has a single layer of brick on the outside wall, which i believe is called a "brick leaf". and then inside it has a a plastic sheet, osb boards, insulating material and wooden studs.

These type of builds seems to be quite common in the UK so I would appreciate if anyone has experience with this type of building.

I would like to have reassurance that attaching a ledger board to lean the gazebo the single brick layer wall will be safe.

Should I reinforce with upright wood boards against the wall, or build an indipendent gazebo instead?

any advice will be much appreciated

Thanks in advance
M

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

These type of builds seems to be quite common in the UK so I would appreciate if anyone has experience with this type of building.

No, that type of build, is not common in the UK.

 

[kwyjibo]

No, that type of build, is not common in the UK.

Yes you are right. This is why i have difficult finding definitive advise. This is not common in the Uk. but is a type of building found in the UK. I understand it was used at some point in post 2nd world war rebuilding effort, and it is more common in Scotland. However I believe it is becoming more common in new builds now, but I may be wrong. I am in bedfordshire if it matters.