On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 20:06:31 +0100, "IMM" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 18:17:14 +0100, "IMM" wrote:


"Andy Hall" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:38:03 +0100, "Set Square"
wrote:

In an earlier contribution to this discussion,
Andy Hall wrote:


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.....


The trusses get in the way of installing and accessing the combi?

That could be.
I was thinking more in terms of the gable ends not being incorporated
with the roof trusses at all.....

he has never seen the "ladder".

????

The question marks prove it.



If you mean the timber construction to support an overhang if one
exists, it doesn't of itself add to the structural integrity of the
gable end wall


..andy

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