Hi all,
When I bought my house a year ago there was an advisory regarding loft bracing. When I enquired about this he said there was a lack of diagonal bracing to the roof trusses. Also a lack of ties on the gable wall. Looking closer there are metal ties on the gable wall but no noggins between the roof trusses.
I have done a bet of research and I have the typical Fink roof truss. I plan to install the diagonal and horizontal bracing with extra metal ties to the gable wall. I was thinking of 100 x 25mm treated sawn timber screwed to every truss.
Firstly does this sound like a good idea?
Secondly, what wood do I need, is standard treated sawn timber ok? (I don't want wood worm or rot later). Do I need to tie in the gable wall the other end, which is a dividing wall between the two semi-detached houses?
Apprciate any advise.
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When I bought my house a year ago there was an advisory regarding loft bracing. When I enquired about this he said there was a lack of diagonal bracing to the roof trusses. Also a lack of ties on the gable wall. Looking closer there are metal ties on the gable wall but no noggins between the roof trusses.
I have done a bet of research and I have the typical Fink roof truss. I plan to install the diagonal and horizontal bracing with extra metal ties to the gable wall. I was thinking of 100 x 25mm treated sawn timber screwed to every truss.
Firstly does this sound like a good idea?
Secondly, what wood do I need, is standard treated sawn timber ok? (I don't want wood worm or rot later). Do I need to tie in the gable wall the other end, which is a dividing wall between the two semi-detached houses?
Apprciate any advise.
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