Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement 1 Nov 09, 2013 5:50 pm Hi all We are building an extension out the back of our house. The engineer has specified just one row of piers down the middle of a room that is 4.5m wide. He specified 150x50mm bearers with a span of about 2.2m. (see image) Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Does this sound about right? Would you go a bigger bearer or an additional row of piers? Cheers Tim Seconded; we just used these last weekend to build a small deck. They worked perfectly as we have bluestone in the area where we wanted to build so digging down was not… 8 9083 Hi Mrboh Just wondering if you have any BAL or flame zone issues on your block, as getting compliance with BAL requirements whilst doing bearers and joists is tough. Not… 1 8379 Hi all, My first post, we are building a house and can’t decide the layout of the lounge room. We have a large N/W facing window and are wanting to have a wood slow… 0 13731 |