On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:17:41 +0100, "IMM" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 15:46:49 +0100, "IMM" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 14:59:09 +0100, "IMM" wrote:


"Andrew Gabriel" wrote in message

The part in the loft usually isn't though.
Gable-end walls are notoriously weak,

What are you on about? they have the same foundations as the other
walls.
I have mounted boilers on gables and never had any problems. Boilers
are
not that heavy to worry a gable end.


50kg mounted high up can create a substantial load.......

On a wall like a gable end? Which has racking strength from the roof
timbers too? Please.

That depends on the timber structure and which way the members go.

You don't know anything about construction.

OK, Mr Cleverclogs,

So explain what happens when the roof structure is of trussed rafters
with ties and there are not substantive purlins using the gable end
walls.....

Is the gable end wall then as load bearing or needing to be as strong?



..andy

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