Wondering if any of the experts know if it's possible to build a roof WITHOUT leaving out the topmost block on the inner leaf, i.e. the apex/triangle peak? I believe this is done so that the long timber beam can rest on the block below,
i.e. something like this (front cutaway view, the uprights are block walls, the dashes are the timber beam, the X is where the block is missing):
______
|X------
||
||
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| ____ ____
| | | | |
etc.
I thought I'd seen some in the course of construction where
both inner and outer leaves were intact right up to the top. Anybody know?
And if the inner one must be left out, are there best practices for building up and around it with plaster/cement/insulation? Thanks all.
i.e. something like this (front cutaway view, the uprights are block walls, the dashes are the timber beam, the X is where the block is missing):
______
|X------
||
||
-----------------
| ____ ____
| | | | |
etc.
I thought I'd seen some in the course of construction where
both inner and outer leaves were intact right up to the top. Anybody know?
And if the inner one must be left out, are there best practices for building up and around it with plaster/cement/insulation? Thanks all.