Phil64

Thanks everyone for your comments. That's a good thought mike2016 on checking with planning to try and find out the original architect. I'll also check around for a Structural Engineer as suggested by others. Thanks again everyone, that's very useful feedback. Regards, Phil

Hi, I own a timber framed house - it's a slightly unusual tall, thin, design 4 stories high. The outer skin is regular rendered blockwork and the roof is built on to the timber frame in regular fashion. However, the house is in an exposed location and when we get strong winds (over 30 knots) the inner frame moves - a bit like feeling an earthquake! Apparently this is all designed within tolerance, and having lived here for 10 years there is nothing 'abnormal' appearing to make me think otherwise. I'm about to do a load of work on the house and I'm wondering if the roof can be safely joined to the outer skin in the hope that this might remove or reduce the movement in high winds. I should add that I have already checked that the required ties between the outer skin and frame are all there and look fine using a camera down the cavity - so inner and outer structures seem well connected. I'm also wondering whether it is architects or surveyors you would normaly approach with this kind of question, and how specialised they would need to be to answer it? Thanks in advance to anyone that can offer any guidance to me on this. Regards, Phil