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At the moment, our porch has a piece of timber in one corner that supports the overhanging porch roof.
We're having a double skinned half height wall put up to enclose it a bit, and having the old timber swapped out with a 5" Oak Post.
Builder called tonight to explain that where the post ends, he'll have to put the Oak post to the floor, and then build a brick column around it, as he can't find a way to fit the timber to the brick top where any brace is hidden.
What's the normal way of doing this? I can't think of anything myself, and I'm not sure what type of coping is being used but this can't be as hard as its made out to be?
For those confused, how are the load bearing posts in the below photo fixed to the wall
We're having a double skinned half height wall put up to enclose it a bit, and having the old timber swapped out with a 5" Oak Post.
Builder called tonight to explain that where the post ends, he'll have to put the Oak post to the floor, and then build a brick column around it, as he can't find a way to fit the timber to the brick top where any brace is hidden.
What's the normal way of doing this? I can't think of anything myself, and I'm not sure what type of coping is being used but this can't be as hard as its made out to be?
For those confused, how are the load bearing posts in the below photo fixed to the wall
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