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I have a small pitched roof and will be putting lateral restrain straps at the gable. The diagonal bracing gets in the way though. Can I do 22mm boards each side of the diagonal bracing and then go across all of it with the strap or should the strap be on a single piece of timber? If that's not...

I was going to do that originally, but noticed something that meant I couldn't do it. IIRC there is a minimum size. I want to ply/osb it anyway, but I think I still need the diagonal bracing. If I had started from the other end then it would have been ok as the house is only on one side. I...

Yes, going down to the wall plate.

I don't think so. I think it's just generic instructions they have and not specifically for my roof.

I'm doing diagonal bracing on my small (3.5m span, but 6.0m wide) attic trusses, and I've found that I can't get the last one in as my existing house is in the way. I was wondering whether they need to alternate between up-down, and down-up, or whether two can go in the same direction? I'm...

It's quite a difficult one as I didn't explicitly mention the BS, I just assumed that they would all be BS 5534. My understanding is that if I asked for 'roofing battens' then they should have been BS 5534, but it's hard to remember (and even harder to prove) exactly what I said.

I ordered some roof battens ('tile batten' on the invoice) from a timber merchant and they don't appear to be BS 5534. Is BS 5534 required for my pitched roof (it's a new extension)? Should I expect a refund? They are stamped with BS 8417, but not coloured blue/red.

Thank you, that's what I though (y). What about the concrete lintels? I'm guessing that those do need ties?

Is the Ancon diagram wrong? It clearly shows 225mm above the openings. Does the same apply to my concrete lintels (going into the garage), or should I put ties on the lintel (as close to the opening as possible or is 450mm fine?

Each side of the opening is 225mm (every course of block), or do you mean normal spacing i.e. 450mm vertically in my case?

You are right about a cavity tray. The tray goes up 225, so there's nothing to stop me putting ties on the same course as the tray on the inner skin. I will actually have 450mm of masonry above the lintel, and then a flat roof. The image on this page clearly shows 225 between the top of the...

This is what my lintel looks like from below. You can see the metal straps under the polystyrene insulation.

I've done some lintels and have seen some things that say you should have wall ties within 225mm above a lintel. This would make perfect sense for concrete lintels etc., but I'm wondering whether the cavity lintels act as wall ties too. The docs aren't clear but say it creates stability between...

A structural engineer spec'ed a 140mm concrete lintel for my new garage. The span is 900mm and there will be 300mm of blocks above plus a flat roof. It does seem a bit excessive IMO, but the SE probably/hopefully knows what he's doing

I have a 200x100mm (h x w) RHS steel and need to lay bricks on it. The radius is bigger than I expected (about 1"), so this would make the bed joint look like 35mm. It will be inside a garage, so I'm not worried by the appearance too much. Would this be acceptable? It has a shelf plate on...

I think I won't bother with DPC on top then. I think it's good to have it under the steel though as it should help take out any unevenness in the concrete.

It's in the middle of a garage, not an external wall. It's also not a lintel, it's a steel universal column. The question is whether I need a slip membrane on top (a single piece of DPC).

Ah, so should I put another but of DPC on top the steel when I put the bricks on it?

Yeah, I know what a cavity tray is as I've done them for my Windows etc., but just can't understand what it has to do with thermal movement Steels are done now, just a couple of pieces of DPC below the steel.

It is a cavity wall, but I still can't see why I would need a tray as the steel won't stick into the cavity. It's only supporting a roof, so there will only be a 500-600mm blocks above it.