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Thanks for the reply, re question 3, no gutter that side as gutter will be along the 5m length, this side will have facia flat against brickwork so yes could run rafter on outer wall but how would this fit into trimmer plate? If I used joist hangers, (like I will be )there has to be a bit of...

Hi, like you I try to spend as little as possible, I am in the process of building a small extension of 2x5m and I used a hand held rammer (handheld long pole with square metal plate on bottom) and I put a little down, compacted and gradually filled it up, to be warned took several hours, but...

Sorry not built fully yet so pictures won't really help, I will try to upload some if I know how to, to give you an idea but anyone any thoughts of what I have written if they understand what I mean, the main one at the moment is question 3, the rafter that runs parralel to the 2m span.

I appreciate things are hard to explain without pics but here goes. I have a square house with an attached square garage (just say it is the same size as the house) but this is set forward of the house by around 2 metres. I am building a small extension to the rear of the garage so back of house...