Good Evening,
I am hoping there is somebody on here that can help me, having failed with phone calls to the 12 structural engineers that are on holiday, in a meeting, wanting to charge a fortune, etc.....
I have been a joiner for 10 years and have decided to bite the bullet and build a double dormer loft conversion for my parents semi-detached bungalow. I was perfectly happy and confident with all aspects of the project, until our draftsman said "I have just put 'structural ridge beam' on the drawings, if building control ask for it you will have to provide the calcs for the timber used." - Yes, Great, Thanks for that!!!
The problem is this. I was going to massively over spec the timber and grading to make sure that it can't cause problems for us when an inspection is carried out. But now I am doubting this and can't get an engineer to do the calcs for me, not for less than £300 anyway!
I have uploaded the drawings and if anybody could help me out with over sizing this timber I would be extremely grateful?
Thank You in advance and this is a great forum!
I am hoping there is somebody on here that can help me, having failed with phone calls to the 12 structural engineers that are on holiday, in a meeting, wanting to charge a fortune, etc.....
I have been a joiner for 10 years and have decided to bite the bullet and build a double dormer loft conversion for my parents semi-detached bungalow. I was perfectly happy and confident with all aspects of the project, until our draftsman said "I have just put 'structural ridge beam' on the drawings, if building control ask for it you will have to provide the calcs for the timber used." - Yes, Great, Thanks for that!!!
The problem is this. I was going to massively over spec the timber and grading to make sure that it can't cause problems for us when an inspection is carried out. But now I am doubting this and can't get an engineer to do the calcs for me, not for less than £300 anyway!
I have uploaded the drawings and if anybody could help me out with over sizing this timber I would be extremely grateful?
Thank You in advance and this is a great forum!