Hi all,
I'm currently building a house in Perth and they've just completed the roof structure. The structure has a few steel beams across which I understand is to support the roof and keep it down. At either end the beam sits on single bricks! It's not secured in any way in the longitudinal direction!
I had a building inspector perform an inspection and they said it's normal practice. I'm concerned that if there is any earthquake (rare they may be) the beams would quite easily fall off.
Does anyone have any opinion/solution/experience on this? Pictures below.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/93539227@N02/
Thank you.