Recent content by yacobwood

Good call. Ive changed them to these; https://www.tcfixings.co.uk/product/simpson-jha45075-long-leg-joist-hanger-75mm/2648

Im just using Sketchup for the 3D modeling. Ill look into x-battening

To answer a few questions. Im doing two buildings as the second will come a number of years later due to cost contraints. I have now upped the slope on the apex roof to 10 degress with collar ties in the top 3rd and a flitch plate beam over the doorway. This should hopefully eliviate the...

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So that would be eves hight max 2.5m and ridge max 4m right? so 2.5m away from a border. My garden is only 11m wide and im planning on putting another building side by side so mine is only 40cm away from a boarder. However i love this roof type and dont want to go down the flat roof option :(

Low litch due to 2.5m height restriction

Like this? Need a way now to achieve the clean roof line now like this =/

Having vertical then horizontal battons allows for the air gap from below to flow up into the roof and out the ridge

Fantastic news. Thanks for putting my mind at ease

Would you not even change the beam above the door to an ibeam that the ridge sits on?

Hi All, Im currently building in the garden (digging foundations at the moment) and I have a concern about my lintle. My ridge beam for the apex roof sits in the middle of another beam which spans a double doorway. My concern is that the wooden beam will bend under load and crack the door. So...

O I thought the turn knob above it was the tilt lock

Ive purchased the above mention tablesaw and during setup I couldnt figure out what the little handle behind the blade height wheel actually does. Anybody have any idea? I thought initially it would lock the blade height but nope