March 22, 20233 yr Hi All, After a little advice/ thoughts on my pads/ beam and and joists dims for a smallish garden room/ deck i'm building. Its on a fairly substantial level change - approx 1m. See attached sketches that hopefully explains well enough, perhaps i'm over engineering here, but perhaps not! - Basic premise is footprint of approx 5000mm x 2500mm. 2 rows of 4 pads to make 4 short beams running front to back. Posts to be tripple 2x6s ( too much!?) to double 2x6's for beams with 2x6s joists on hangers. Beam spans will be approx 2000mm between posts, and joists span 1700mm. - some simple cross bracing to posts - Single story timber frame building with cedar shingles 3m width and then 2m width decking. - Concrete pads approx 400x400 x tbc depth with post shoes cast in to hold above ground level - Ground is soft topsoil but down to much harder sand/ clay. Any thoughts/advice appreciated.
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