Browse Forums Renovation + Home Improvement Re: Converting two door garage to single door 21Jan 26, 2014 7:50 am Steel posts ? Any engineers in the past that we've worked under would just tell us to rest the beam on the brickwork at each end 150mm min or if it's resting on the internal stud frame just double up the last stud. Tie down each end to the existing top plate with gal strapping and a couple of self drilling screws. Drill a 6mm hole through the top and screw a 70mm screw into each rafter. About an hour and a half at the most to do that. And that's about all you'd have to do. It doesn't get much simpler than that. Stewie If I hire a contractor to convert a window to a sliding door will I need to show them Council approval paperwork? That is, if I want to take a risk of carrying out the… 0 13282 2 9485 start from at least $20,000 just for fixtures and finishes and then add on for moving plumbing and extra for a concrete floored house last new bathroom we installed in a… 1 19595 |