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I am currently replacing my extension roof from a flat roof, to a pitched roof. The two load bearing walls are the front wall of the extension and the walls of the bungalow. Therefore building control is happy with the idea of using two timber beams, created using 2no 47x175 timbers bolted...

The idea of a warm roof is that the insulation placed on top of the joists, therefore the roof requires no ventilation. This is because there is very little risk of condensation build up. A properly installed warm roof includes a vcl above the osb also. Once you start adding insulation...

I have finished bricking and blocking up my two skin brickwork conservatory up to plate height of my bungalow. I had building control out to check the foundations of the existing structure and unfortunately as suspected they are not suitable to take the load of a pitched roof. The roof was a...