Yup was up on the roof today getting the parapet built the whole thing is
grossly overengineered- Kerto beams- tie down straps 1 metre long onto an
existing flat roof made of massive 1974 pine rafters but must just get on
and do it.
I am amazed at the strange mix of up to 70% discount on some stuff eg
underground Marley and the astronomical cost of wee bits of bog standard
metal-but-Im finding out-thats the building trade!.
My next task is learning the skills for putting on my 65 square metre
standing seam zinc roof it looks like its 80% thinking and 20% putting clips
in the right place-oh-and closing the upstand seams of course-but-at a laid
cost of £6500 + VAT I can afford to reroof 3 times in zinc and still save
£2000.
I have found the advice I have got on this newsgroup absolutely invaluable
and quite inspiring in dire times-eg when faced with the daunting task of
breaking up 2 cubes of 6 inch concrete-the Cobra hammer made mincemeat of
it!!.


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"tom patton" wrote in message
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Bought a 2 killowat Challenge extreme from Argos this morning as long as
it
lasts for this one job that will do me.
Im opening the roof-again- tomorrow to set up pads bearing on my Kerto
beams
for building my pyramid roof.
Timber comes on Monday.
Im struggling with a framing book just now trying to work out an "easy"
way
to draw out rafter end profiles on the load bearing parapet- the peak
is
taken care of by very ingenious adjustable Simpson truss hangers-only
drawback they come in boxes of 25 at £150 a box!!!-yup building non
standard
is mind bendingly expensive!.
I will never sneer at box bungalows again!.
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You sound as though you're taking your time, learning and doing it all
properly. That's the best way to do it. :-)