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by LinoBuilder
Mon Sep 09, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: How to brace a feature brick wall to wall plate for a vaulted roof
Replies: 4
Views: 264

Re: How to brace a feature brick wall to wall plate for a vaulted roof

Hi linobuilder, You are in a sheltered location and the roof is small. Suggest you talk to the building inspector and see if bolting the first rafter to the existing house wall and fitting wall straps to the return wall would be acceptable. You may have to increase the size of the wall plate. I dou...
by LinoBuilder
Sat Aug 31, 2024 11:42 am
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: How to brace a feature brick wall to wall plate for a vaulted roof
Replies: 4
Views: 264

Re: How to brace a feature brick wall to wall plate for a vaulted roof

Hi linobuilder, You are in a sheltered location and the roof is small. Suggest you talk to the building inspector and see if bolting the first rafter to the existing house wall and fitting wall straps to the return wall would be acceptable. You may have to increase the size of the wall plate. I dou...
by LinoBuilder
Mon Aug 19, 2024 7:06 pm
Forum: Brickwork and Blockwork Forum
Topic: How to brace a feature brick wall to wall plate for a vaulted roof
Replies: 4
Views: 264

How to brace a feature brick wall to wall plate for a vaulted roof

Hi, I'm building a small side return kitchen extension with an approx 1m high vaulted timber roof under permitted development. My structural engineer said there is no need to use collar ties on the roof. Our building inspector will return once the roof is built. One of my cavity walls has been built...
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