Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 May 30, 2012 9:06 pm Gday boy and girls Im after some advice. Im about to start a project at home where im extending the house onto the verandah. It's 6 metres wide buy 4 metres deep. My question is i need to change the direction of the rafters, can this been done?? And i also would like to install a massive door and realistically would like to get the rafters to go the full 6 metre length. Any thoights and advice would be great Mike Re: Rafter Direction & Size advice 2May 31, 2012 9:34 am wysey My question is i need to change the direction of the rafters, can this been done?? More info required as your post confuses me. Do you mean to change the pitch? Arfur Re: Rafter Direction & Size advice 3May 31, 2012 10:22 am I assume your wanting to have the door along the 6m wall, and by massive are you wanting it to go up near the ceiling? If its going to be a gable end then its not that big a deal, you might even want to look at getting trusses made. If it's a hit end then you will need a beam over the door, the wider the door the bigger the beam or steel and the further from the ceiling the top of the gets. Assuming you've modelled the TB8, TB10, TB12, TB2 & J1 joists/LVLs there, it appears as per drawing to me. There maybe should be an additional J1 between TB10 and T12 if… 3 31850 Pls help! The black marks show where our outdoor entertaining area would be along side of house as we have an irregular backyard and want to make use of the side as… 0 4355 Dear Members I have to decide the Facade column size. My custom builder standard is 350mm with rendering, but i asked for 470mm plus stone or tiles and yet to get… 0 7508 |