Recent content by LouDIYtryer

Personally I think the terminology of the permitted dev vs the name of the item that you are looking at is causing the confusion here. To me what you are looking at building is essentially a shed/summerhouse and a covered seating area just with a fancy name called "verandah". My interpretation...

Is this going to be attached to your house of freestanding?

I don't personally, my FIL does and he most probably would but he wanted us to buy a prebuilt gazebo from a well known company so he got the hump when we said we wanted something a little more modern looking (cheaper)....im not sure he'd be open to helping...

I think this is possibly the way forward, i was just looking at those and thinking about cost, quality and time this may be much more effective the rafters inside will be black so the "join" of the rafter and furring shouldnt be too obvious

I think i have ditched the mock up as the rafter sizes werent working for me I am still going over this, i didnt want the roof to be too wide and detract from the oak so ideally less than 7inches. There will be more support on the front beam on both sides they havent been added yet - in a...

the higher edge would be at the front, so i was looking for it to be as aesthetically pleasing as possible - im not sure this would be ideal for me

hehe, he is ok really....or is he?:p

Hi All, I am hoping (once again) someone will take pity on me and perhaps point me in the right direction. In my infinite wisdom i have managed to persuade my husband into helping me (doing a lot of the lifting) into building and oak verandah/gazebo thingy. Needless to say that he was not...

Hi All, I would really like (my husband) to build a "modern" pergola in our garden. The pergola is about 80ft from the house so we wanted it to look chunky and not get swallowed up by the garden as such. The size is 3m deep by 6m long. By modern i would prefer to have no support at the front...

Hi All, Hope this is the right forum! Am just looking for a bit guidance. Cut a long story short we would like to fit our own utility room, father in law will plumb in the sink/tap and separate company will cut the stone worktop. It is a galley utility going from wall to wall. It will...