hi,
I'm currently building a 2 leaf garage (7.46metre x 3.010 metre)with a 75mm cavity and 50mm eps insulation,all built from correct concrete/rebar strip footings
inner leaf mid lightweight block, outer leaf engineering brick
As the window frames will be fixed to the outer leaf,at the top of my upvc window frames, I'm considering of leaving a steel lintel out and just placing treated wood over the top as the frame in place which will meet the roof joist and soffit(there will be no coarses above this wood) ,
and for the inner leaf,I was planning for the wooden wall plate to span across the window openings (these spans are 2.46metre and 1.85 metres).as the roof will be of 5 x 2 roof joists with 18mm sterling board and an epdm membrame to waterproof
Is this ok as it makes sense on the inner leaf ,as there is no load ,but for the inner leaf I have the roofs joists and roof to support at those 2 openings?
I'm currently building a 2 leaf garage (7.46metre x 3.010 metre)with a 75mm cavity and 50mm eps insulation,all built from correct concrete/rebar strip footings
inner leaf mid lightweight block, outer leaf engineering brick
As the window frames will be fixed to the outer leaf,at the top of my upvc window frames, I'm considering of leaving a steel lintel out and just placing treated wood over the top as the frame in place which will meet the roof joist and soffit(there will be no coarses above this wood) ,
and for the inner leaf,I was planning for the wooden wall plate to span across the window openings (these spans are 2.46metre and 1.85 metres).as the roof will be of 5 x 2 roof joists with 18mm sterling board and an epdm membrame to waterproof
Is this ok as it makes sense on the inner leaf ,as there is no load ,but for the inner leaf I have the roofs joists and roof to support at those 2 openings?