Hi, we are hoping to build a Bali hut and have the posts - 250 square ironbark, which we will use stirrups to anchor. We hope to build a 4 metre square bali hut to inside of posts but we are unsure of the size of timber for beams and rafters. Could someone please reassure me that the beams will be ok if we use 240 x 45 treated pine rebated into posts, and the rafters 190 x 45? If a kind chippy was willing to draw a brief diagram I would be most grateful, so we can work out amounts of materials. I have downloaded a pdf from the internet to give us step by step instructions but the size is quite small and we would rather oversize the materials than have it fall apart in a storm.
Any other tips or suggestions welcome.
Many thanks,
nicenurse