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many thanks Richard C :D , very helpful and i'm still pi**ing myself with your "bespoke drinks cabinet..." comment :lol: excellent! mind made up for me i'm going for screws - it will also be easier to correct any of my carpentry errors..

thanks for comments, question for Richard C (and symptoms) please where you say you have used screws all the time what type have you used im thinking if i go this route to go galvanised screws like those that are generally sold for decking. Also i'm guessing you are drilling pilot holes as...

Thanks noseall, Shytalkz, woody, it’s making more sense to me (I think!) Couple more questions I’m afraid This ‘building into wall’ - might it be a case of a) using a grinder and chisel to carefully cut out as least brick as possible, put the hip end in and cement back in some...

interesting Symtoms, thanks, i was thinking using screws but think am tending towards 'biting the bullet' like you say..

unfortunately not that specific - all i have on my plans is "Ends of hip rafters built into outer wall" if i were to go just on the detail that the plans show then it would be as if the only rafters going to wall plates are the two roof common rafters between the hips and the horizontal ones...

hi, doing my own smallish timber frame build. I am after 90mm nails. I see you can readily get for nailing guns whose heads look like half circles but i was more hoping to be able to get them loose in 90mm for hand nailing. Don't want to go up to 100mm and wasn't wanting to buy/hire a...

thanks Shytalkz, whilst i'm going to build the ends into the wall any thoughts as to what this actually 'gives me' in terms of strength or ? for my education. I'm guessing if you had some bizarre failure of your wall plate then if the hip is buried a bit in the wall then the hip is lless...

Big thanks all for more comments – some good stuff for me to think about :) , plus I couldn’t help notice the entertaining diversion !! I’ll see if I can’t try and sketch out some more detail of how the ceiling joists and other joists might look/tie together for more comments from the pros...

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many thanks woody and noseall, yes to confirm i meaning cut rafters and i'm thinking my plan i missing some detail. To try to illustrate my queries I have attached a scan of the plan and a sketch I have made trying to work out exactly how to do the rafters. Referring to my sketch 3 the...

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Hi, I am planning for building timber frame one storey extension c. 7mx3m with brick outer to back of house. Have got plans approved for hip roof style extension so if you imagine it looks like a "lean to" except at the end walls instead of gable style roof they will be pitched also with...

Hi, I am building a single storey timber frame extension with brick outer wall. I am tieing in the outer brick and blockwork to existing wall with crocodile ties. The founds are fairly deep and I will have 5 blocks up to just below ground level before starting brick course. My question is...