Browse Forums Outdoor Living 1 Dec 15, 2011 11:58 am Hi all Not at all sure I'm putting this in the right section, but here goes: we'd like to build a single room building, to be a fitness room, some 20m or so behind our house, along with an undercover entertaining area/pergola alongside it. The fitness room will be 7X5m (35m2) internally, with a 2.7m ceiling height, and the pergola 7x4 (28m2). Both to have gable roofs. A builder we know has recently migrated from the UK and has all necessary licenses to operate here but is new to Aus. He's offered to build it all for us for a reasonable cost but this means we need to sort out plans and council applications ourselves. What we gain by using him, we could end up losing because he's not providing an 'all in' service that includes diagrams, council plans etc. We're thinking of building the fitness room from concrete blocks, rendered outside, lined inside. The roof structure and pergola beams would be timber. Any advice on how to proceed? Is it straightforward (and cheap) enough getting slab engineering for a small building? What else would council likely require? (I will get around to asking council this question, just starting on here before I get round to contacting them.) What about a roof truss report? Any other engineering they'll likely want? We're in the Adelaide Hills region of SA. Having had our house built last year, we already have a soil report and wind rating. Any views on other construction materials? We don't really want a colorbond shed that's lined or anything like that; we're looking for something that looks and feels more permanent. Cheers, Jim Re: Fitness room and pergola - what will council need? 3Dec 15, 2011 3:14 pm Anyone got anything more useful to add? Is there a building permit? RU in Victoria? What is the value of the building contract? 1 6787 About a year ago, I embarked on a DIY project to construct an outdoor Pergola, which measures approximately 5.2 meters by 4.0… 0 29553 i think option 2 is much better with easy access to the garden without having to walk through the new sunroom which makes it a better room for guests and TV .a simple… 2 8191 |