Browse Forums Outdoor Living Re: Patio questions 15Mar 23, 2009 7:10 am Hi there. thanks for that. yes this is what we are considering. or at least a variation of it. saw a wood version one today where the middle gable bit came out about 1/2 METER in front of the flat bit. It really looked good. hadn't seen it done like this before. HUbby is a bit worried it looked better because of the chunkiness of it ( being in wood). we've also seen very long patios done this way but ours will only be just over 11m in total length. we are both worried it might look a bit silly being a shorter length. Would love to see what you put up if you get it done before this winter. We'll be looking at putting ours up over winter or next spring if we have enough $ to do it. Re: Patio questions 16Mar 24, 2009 12:07 am kexkez Would love to see what you put up if you get it done before this winter. We'll be looking at putting ours up over winter or next spring if we have enough $ to do it. I honestly think a timber patio would look nicer in our situation too, but have been told that there is likely to be more purlins and rafters needed if it were built in wood. We are settling for a much less complex design in order to get our patio built sooner rather than later. Also, we don't want to spend too much on it as we are likely to outgrow this house before too too long. The sort of design we are now looking at is something like the following image performancepatios.com.au-dawson_al.jpg I found this on performancepatios.com.au. While it is similar to what we are going to do, it isn't exactly the same. We will still have the purlins and rafters exposed rather than covering them in gyprock and ours will be attached to the fascia. It will have the gradient sloping back towards the house to make the most of the northern winter light. I will keep you updated of our progress and take lots of pics to show the project as it progresses. Talk to you later, Chris Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Patio questions 17Apr 20, 2009 12:25 am Hi All, For what it's worth, I finally got my patio plans drawn up (friend of a friend) and submitted. They are now awaiting approval. With any luck, we should find out in 2 - 4 weeks. In the meantime we have some demolition work to do in order to get rid of the existing "structure" Bye for now, Chris Re: Patio questions 18Apr 20, 2009 9:08 am Fingers crossed it all goes well for you. Would love to see some plans and photos once it is up. have you considered adding in a few roofing sheets to let some light in? we had a huge L shaped pagola that we had covered over at our last house. We added some of those translucent sheets on the wider back section in 2 separate bits of the roof to allow light in. ( this section of the patio/pagola faced north and was 5 x 8m so we swapped 2 of the colourbond sections for 2 full width panels equal distance from each end. ) Re: Patio questions 19Apr 21, 2009 11:49 pm We have thought about it. My wife is pretty keen to do that, but I am a little concerned that while it'll be lovely in winter, it could be pretty hot in summer. I know that some of the newer tinted sheets block lots of UV and heat...but I am still undecided. I will probably decide on the spot whilst ordering materials Re: Patio questions 20Apr 22, 2009 12:08 am I didn't mean for you to replace all the sheets. Replace just one row/line of sheets with one of the laserlight type sheets not a clear . Or a single sheet row near each end if the patio is long enough. If your patio is going to be 35 sqm then that's going to need Council Approval. The fact that they previously approved your 25sqm patio will be irelevant 1 10694 DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair This is a very challenging situation, made much harder by not being on site. Firstly, I think that I originally… 10 19299 After some ideas on making our patio kid friendly . Currently we have exposed aggregate. The patio faces west and is always in sun even though it has a shade directly… 0 12186 |