Recent content by Brightspark69

Sorry, I should have put the full drawing up in the first instance, but didn’t think it would be for my original question. Yes, the bearing of F1 and F2 is a concern. That wall is the only load bearing wall. All the others are built straight off of the floorboards. There is no mention of the 2...

Thanks for the replies chaps. I have attached an image of the whole plan. So as I understand it, it’s been badly planned and just very much over engineered with a ‘that’ll do’ attitude.

That was my initial thoughts, so I’m glad an expert has brought that up too. The only supporting wall in the bungalow is the central one, the one that F1 and F2 meet. Not really sure what f1 and f2 are for. F3 and F4 are split as well as being different sizes. They seem small compared to...

This is to be a gable wall (going from a hip) and the dormer sits further in, there it says 100 x 100 sw post. There is a section but the steels are not shown on it. What confuses me more, is RL2 is 1.4m long, no R1 bearing, but R2 bearing is 200x100 ‍♂️ I have made contact with the guy who...

Sorry chaps, I was just reading back and realised I should have posted the calculation. Focusing on RL2 and RL4, any ideas what they are and what they do?

Evening chaps (and maybe chapesses) Long time lurker first time poster, so please let me know if I’m doing this wrong or in the wrong section. I have these plans for loft conversation beams. (Photos hopefully attached) I’m struggling to work out what RL2 and RL4 is all about. This is a...