DIY Loft Dormer Build - Gable End Wall Help

[^woody^]

but the SE hasn't 'worked out what's to be done ' regarding the gable wall have they ,that's the point surely ? !

I don't know. We should be told, or I'm going to make it up.

 

[Leofric]

I don't know. We should be told, or I'm going to make it up.

 

[tony1851]

Woods is correct in that most SEs working on small domestic jobs rarely say how beams and columns etc should be fixed together, or how elements can safely be lifted into position.
In this particular case, I would say that the SE has been negligent in not advising the client that a half-brick wall unrestrained at the perimeter is unstable; s/he should have at least pointed this out and suggested a method of temporarily restraining the wall. When the OP is manouvering the steel ridge into position, that will be the critical stage - one slight bump by the beam against the wall and ................

 

[noseall]

one slight bump by the beam against the wall and ................

You mean like taking a lump hammer to a load of masonry connected to it and smashing it out? I'm guessing the remaining masonry is secure and that as long as the weight of the roof is on it, then all is good.

 

[tony1851]

You mean like taking a lump hammer to a load of masonry connected to it and smashing it out? I'm guessing the remaining masonry is secure and that as long as the weight of the roof is on it, then all is good.

Yes, I could agree with that (to a point) but at the moment judging by the OP's pic, the half-brick skin looks completely un-restrained by the roof and is therefore unstable. Once the wall is built up with a new inner skin, and securely strapped to the roof each side, it would be OK to support the ridge beam.