Browse Forums Building A New House Re: 450 versus 600mm eaves 5Apr 13, 2018 8:42 am West facing so the afternoon sun. Many things you could do - seperate awning ledge for lower ground window... Maybe a pergola with vines like https://goo.gl/images/aBY8Tm - plant a tree (but no immediate benefit) - build some sort of adjustable shade Play with it and enjoy! Re: 450 versus 600mm eaves 7Apr 13, 2018 8:50 am Use this site to calculate the angle for your area - find your location - zoom in - set the date and also time - set the height so you can see the shadow line (default value is 1m) With a bit of maths you can calculate the the angle and hence the shadow lines for any eaves depth you might think of Versaloc is a mortarless besser block system that still needs a properly engineered footing. If you just do a 400x200 footing it will fail in time. At 17m long you need it… 1 17736 My daughter and son in law are about to start building, they are having a 600mm induction cook top and 900mm oven. It's personal preferance 5 10868 Update from me! Couldn't find the trimmer - not sure if there isn't one simply because the eave is so narrow. Went ahead with the spring toggles and it all worked out… 7 5867 |