Hi All.
I am just having my house extneded, and my worst nightmare has just happened. I alwys told the builder that my soffit should be abouut 300mm, but it appears that this has been left at around 160mm and by the time they put in the rafters, it will stay that way.
Is there anything that can be done at this stage to extend it outwards by another 200mm other than taking out all the timber etc.
This is what can hppen when the soffit is too short, as the building is timber frame, the wall will come out by about 65mm. so you are left with just 100mm. You can see that when it rains, the water is hitting the render badly and damaging it. This particular house, it took about 2 years for all this to start happening, well after the builder has left.
I am just having my house extneded, and my worst nightmare has just happened. I alwys told the builder that my soffit should be abouut 300mm, but it appears that this has been left at around 160mm and by the time they put in the rafters, it will stay that way.
Is there anything that can be done at this stage to extend it outwards by another 200mm other than taking out all the timber etc.
This is what can hppen when the soffit is too short, as the building is timber frame, the wall will come out by about 65mm. so you are left with just 100mm. You can see that when it rains, the water is hitting the render badly and damaging it. This particular house, it took about 2 years for all this to start happening, well after the builder has left.