I design my rafters as per the sketch attached.
As I said previously with a designed ridge beam rather than a ridge board due to practicalities there will be some tendency for horizontal forces to develop and deflection of the ridge beam will be mirrored according to the roof pitch by attempted...
In my 1st year of my degree course the structures lecturer showed us a very simple demonstration of the forces involved with a rafter and ridge support.
One rafter had a birdsmouth cut at both ends thus theoretically ensuring vertical support only, the lower end was supported on a roller and the...
I seem to remember the la is to the centre of the stress block if it became 1.0 you would have no stress block. There is also some merit in assuming surface concrete may not be as sound as internal material.
Hello Team Design,
If the two extensions aren't connected and not adjacent I don't see a problem.
Piles are sometimes used for circumstances where a deep strip is not practicable and deep strips are used where trees dictate the depth and are the cheapest option. The house presumably has been...
