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Thanks for all your advice. I decided against it and will leave the trusses.

Hi, Can anyone offer advice on the most cost effective place to buy 8 x 3 timber? C 16 or 24. The length I need is 5.4 meters. It looks like the wood cost is around £50. Delivery £300 ! Does anyone have any experience with this? Thank you Gavin

Hi, this image shows the existing truss in green and the proposed plan in red below. Existing truss 38 x 75 Proposed framing 44 x 145

Thank you all. My plan is to attach new much thicker rafters to the existing trusses at building regs measurements - 6 x 2 for the span. My thinking is that this will take the downward load from the roof. (the existing truss wood sizes are 75 x 38 mm which is nowhere near strong enough.)...

Hi, Can anyone offer advice? I'm currently planning to convert my garage into a music room and would like to achieve height in the room. Please see the truss in the photos. It's a standard 'w' shaped webbing. What I'd like to do is to attach 6 x 2 rafters to the existing rafter area of...

Thank you for all the replies. Lots to consider.

Hi, These guys offer helpful advice on sound proofing a room. https://www.youtube.com/@soundproofingexpert777 The book to read for acoustic treatment of a studio room is: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Recording-Studio-Gervais-Paperback/dp/B01182HM9K Hope it helps

Hi, Can anyone offer advice on this please? I'm building a music room in my double garage. To achieve this I'll be building a room within a room. The interior room will be framed with 2 x 4. And 2 layers of plasterboard and wool within the frame used to attenuate the sound. The interior room...