Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Dec 21, 2023 12:20 pm Hi all, We're planning an extension of our early 2000's house. Brick veneer, colorbond roof. The original roofline is painful and we're having difficulty coming up with budget friendly options to extend. Attached are existing and current proposed plans. The builder we have been talking to is saying that doing this roof will mean all the old trusses etc need to come off and get completely replaced - big $$. Can anyone see a way of doing this that doesn't need to have all the trusses taken off? It's hard to comment as the photos area bit dark ( you might need a new 15 - just got one and wow ) Jokes aside, I can see one member that is cracked. I would find a… 2 2327 I would say both styles you have pictured are steel. The lower chord of the first pic would be a massive lump if made using timber considering the size of the rafters. If… 1 6405 Possibly both depending on the sizing. Idea of working from the centre is that you dont have a 20mm thin tile at one end and a 400mm at the other end. A quick search on… 3 8659 |