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I have, off to see them on Monday next week but in the meantime I did some calculations and if I can live with a slightly offcentre apex then my middle wall takes all the problems away. Outward pressure on the outer gone. Its boiled down to 'life is too short'. live with it being off centre...

There isn't anything to support it, it's a low roof no more than 650/700mm high covered in feather board. The pier is off centre So the apex sits appx 0.5m right of the LHS pier. Far right will be 4 upright posts for the carport side.

Hi Seeking advice. I have a carport and garage to roof. The middle block pier is off centre but I would like the apex central. If I use flitch beams I can support the middle upright but then I have to have lots of rafters, 6m deep spaced 0.5m between the rafters. But is an off-centre support...

Thank you. I think you are right if its over engineered I can't go wrong. What length is your longest beam? And is that a 6 x 3 ? Looking for a nail gun now, would you mind posting a pic of your pergola so i can see it relative to what I'm doing. ? thank you

Hello, seeking some advice from someone with experience building a carport (roof). Its about the sizes of wood I should be using. I initially decided to get a pro in via checkatrade and trust a trader but it was useless, 3 replies, one said job was too small other 2 wanted more info then...

That's a good point, thank you. I've got a very low roof apex so it might look a bit odd if it's too big.

Hello, Sorry if this is a daft Q. Building a garage. For the rafter overhang on outer wall I read 12" is good for a garage. I want to keep everything as off the shelf as possible without never ending trims and cuts. So my Q, is that measured a simple 12" out from the outer wall edge?. I.e...

yes thats true, the pitch is low already. with the damaged felt problem that can occur in the future I came across a product that goes on first (bottom of roof working up), like a plastic tray, its called an eaves guard. Something I also plan to retro fit on my problematic flat gulley roof. Link...

yes, have 1 x door on the rhs that has a lintel, above the garage door its wooden so wooden lintel here

Hi, our garage construction is 7.3NM blocks outside, 100mm cavity and thermalites on the inside. Low (its 10 to 13 degrees) bitumen tile roof. Does it matter whether the roof plate is attached/sits on the inner or outer skin ? It will be clad so ties not visible. Also do you 'need' cavity...

yes just wood. with cladding. thank you.

Hi, We are 'upgrading' a stand alone wooden carport to something a little more robust with a sectional garage door , similar in design to this My lintel Q is looking at the RHS. When I say robust this means cavity brick walls on the garage walls with a sectional garage door at the front...

Hi Slab is 5" c40 with a393 mesh, runs to the drain 4m away. Drain's simply in the wrong place but I think we've figured what to do. The easiest option, I can afford to lose some space over one side so brickie is going to build in front of it. Keeps everything as it should be I.e rainwater on...

For Gods sake, no neighbour dispute, we get along just fine so why not take a more positive view of life ! I was just asking for ideas that's all..

Hi. it runs under the slab so we can't cut into it at ground level. The drain is 4m away so maybe it's got to be a new run and cap this off which is a shame.