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    Timber Gable - gap between studs and vertical tiles

    Planning a hip-to-gable and need some advice please. The gable will be timber framed and have vertical hung tiles. SE says it must be supported off the inner leaf - it's taking load from a ridge beam. I'm using 120mm timber for the studwork. This leaves some 150mm gap from the finished gable...
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    EPDM - flat roof to pitched corner question

    Any help greatly appreciated on this. New build in the planning. It has an EPDM flat roof dormer that meets a pitched roof with a few rows of plain tiles above and to the sides of the dormer. I can’t find any decent pics of the EPDM corner details where the flat roof meets the pitched roof...
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    Steel Fabricator - what do they do?

    Planning a dormer loft conversion. Architect’s completed designs, planning okay and SE done their thing. Now I need to get a steel fabricator onboard. Never used these before and don’t know what to expect. Some of the steels need to be a little intricate - cranked, under-slung connections etc...
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    Dormer membrane wrap - in window opening?

    Hi everyone. Putting up a timber framed dormer. Wrapping with a breather membrane. Should the membrane be cut & pulled though the window opening, installing the window ‘over the top’ of the membrane? Or should the membrane be trimmed around the exterior of the window opening? Many thanks!
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