Hi there. Well it's a long time since I was a regular on these forums, but the time has come to get stuck into DIY again and to be honest I'm really looking forward to it!
I have some big stuff to do, but I want to start first with some smaller stuff. Namely, we have a passageway with a concrete path down the side of our house which I want to cover with a see through roof, doors a both ends and timber walling. I'd probably cover the whole thing in white clapperboard to match in with our white rendered house.
That is about as far as I've got at the moment! I'm searching the web and this forum presently for some plans/ideas, but just thought I'd post this to see if anyone has any particular recommendations. As I say I'm thinking timber frame, poly roof, obviously I'll have to consider guttering which I'll run into a tank at the rear of the property. Luckily for me the fence has solid concrete posts so I can use them to attach the uprights to.......
In particular I'd like to know what angle the roof should be run at? Also, is lead flashing the only option? Are there roof systems out there which come/need certain support designs? Or maybe there's a cost effective (I only have a budget of 100s not 1000s for this) system out there I could use?
Many thanks for any advice.
I have some big stuff to do, but I want to start first with some smaller stuff. Namely, we have a passageway with a concrete path down the side of our house which I want to cover with a see through roof, doors a both ends and timber walling. I'd probably cover the whole thing in white clapperboard to match in with our white rendered house.
That is about as far as I've got at the moment! I'm searching the web and this forum presently for some plans/ideas, but just thought I'd post this to see if anyone has any particular recommendations. As I say I'm thinking timber frame, poly roof, obviously I'll have to consider guttering which I'll run into a tank at the rear of the property. Luckily for me the fence has solid concrete posts so I can use them to attach the uprights to.......
In particular I'd like to know what angle the roof should be run at? Also, is lead flashing the only option? Are there roof systems out there which come/need certain support designs? Or maybe there's a cost effective (I only have a budget of 100s not 1000s for this) system out there I could use?
Many thanks for any advice.