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I'm in the process of redoing the garden and planning to build a 4.5m x 2.2m outbuilding using a concrete slab as a base. There is an existing brick wall which the patio sits on and was planning to build the garden room adjacent to this. However the footings for the wall extend past the wall and...

Thanks for the replies, appreciate it That's the bit I'm not sure about. Would I need to put footings in to support a pillar? There are piers like in the first picture half way across the span of the wall - could I just build another one next to it off the slab to support either a steel or...

Hi, planning a partial garage conversion and looking for some advice. Garage is single-skin brick, 6.2m x 5m with a fink truss roof and concrete slab floor. The pitch of the roof is quite steep so there's a lot of unused space, particularly in the middle. I gather that because the chords are...