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Thanks for the advice, I will do as you suggest and seek advice from an SE, many thanks for taking the time to help. Pete

Hi, I will post a photo as soon as i can, I would be happy to leave half of them in place and have the effect you talked about but to leave them all there would not really open up the space as much as i want to ( they are only about 40cm apart). I have read in similar forums that one tie to...

Thanks for your reply, the reason i asked the question is that before insulating the roof i did some research on roof construction and my configuration did not match those i found o the internet. There are two sets of purlins on either side of the roof 1 at about 1m and the other at 2m, the...

Hi all I live in an 1850 stone built cottage with an attic bedroom i'm insulating the roof and have discovered the roof rafters run into the walls and there is no rafter tie so can i assume that the wall is acting as the tie to stop them spreading. The walls are about 20 inches thick and...