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I would like to have a flat warm roof for our new extension but as the our house has a pitched roof am not sure how the abut the too as the exterior walls will be flush and so the large flat roof fascia, deck and insulation will cut awkwardly into the pitch roof and i am not sure it is even possible. So i modeled a flat roof with an eave noggin arrangement to create a pitch all round and would like to some comments from anyone that may have done something similar and if it seems feasible before I get an engineer to review it (See attached drawings) Alternatively if anyone has an example or advice of how the first option; with large fascia cutting in might work, I would be grateful. Also could you advise on how much either option might cost to build ? Thank you

We are doing a complete home refurb, including new door and window opening and I had an idea about lining these with a 2x4" treated timber frame into which windows and door can then be fitted. The benefits, I thought, would be 1. Precise opening dimensions avoids discrepancies during construction and window and doors can be confidently ordered when the build starts to avoid delivery delays. 2. Since wood has better thermal performance to brick, this will act as an thermal break between the window frames and brick work. Any thought on why this may be a bad idea please. Thank you

My engineer has stated the following on our drawing "COL TO BER ENCASED IN Min 100mm CONC SURROUND TO SLAB LEVEL, TO INCLUDE BOLTS & BASEPLATE." along with i am trying to understand what is meant by "100mm CONC SURROUND TO SLAB LEVEL" is it that the concrete should project 100mm from every edge of the beam like and in the case of an offset column like The reason for my confusion is that the drawing does not seem to illustrate such a mass around the column and foot , making me thick I am misunderstanding. Thank you