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Hi, Nearly at wall plate height so my next job is sorting out the roof. I'm building a gable ended vaulted ceiling ( room is 4.5m x 4m ). I'm looking at a 4m Glulam beam (140 x270) with 8x2 rafters 600mm apart birds mouthed and then bolted together at the ridge. Do you think 8x2 will be ok...

Yes had 2nd visit today

Using the identical brick the house was built in...never done anything like this before but I'll learn from it. Cheers for all the replya

Yes every 6 but im only up to the bottom of the window so I'll change for the rest of the wall now thanks....regards to what I've done so far could i drill out some mortar and add ties to the correct height or would i be ok to bend what i have got? Cheers

Hi. Currently doing a self build. The bricks for my house are 73mm and having built the outer skin with wall ties fitted, the inner skin will not line up correctly. Can i increase the morter joints? Cut the blocks? Buy some concrete half bricks? Any suggestions on the best/easiest solution...

As the garden isn't very big i want to avoid the path as this reduces the grass area to much. I think the shallower option would be best. Had a search on the net but can't see any pics but think a full window would look stupid from the garden....cheers Nige

Hi our garden is about 2ft higher than our house. Im currently digging out ready for a 4x4 extension which will have french doors onto a patio to the side. The garden isn't very big so it will be upto the end wall. This wall will have a window which will look fine from inside but would it look...

Brick and block for two and block and block with the cedar cladding is what I'm imagining.

Hi im currently looking at having a single storey rear extension. We like the idea of having one wall cedar cladded. Two questions with this first do we build breeze block walls and put batons on the outside for the cedar cladding...how would the breeze blocks tie into the other new walls with...