ᐅ Building a Carport: Is Using Flat Steel Bars Instead of Wooden Posts Feasible?
Created on: 15 Feb 2014 19:26
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Diablo112
Hello!
I’m new here and hope someone might be able to help me.
We want to build a carport directly attached to our house. The dimensions are about 10 m long and 2.70 m wide (approximately 33 ft long and 8 ft 10 in wide). The width is limited because the neighbor’s wall starts right there.
To avoid wasting any width, I would like to attach flat steel bars to the wall and mount the carport roof to them, instead of using the usual wooden posts. Is this generally feasible?
The wall is about 1.80 m (6 ft) high. For the carport, I need a height of about 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in) to accommodate a camper. That means the flat steel would have to span about 1.00 m (3 ft 3 in) vertically. On the other side (at the house), a beam could be mounted at the required height in the usual way.
Maybe someone can give me some advice.
I’m new here and hope someone might be able to help me.
We want to build a carport directly attached to our house. The dimensions are about 10 m long and 2.70 m wide (approximately 33 ft long and 8 ft 10 in wide). The width is limited because the neighbor’s wall starts right there.
To avoid wasting any width, I would like to attach flat steel bars to the wall and mount the carport roof to them, instead of using the usual wooden posts. Is this generally feasible?
The wall is about 1.80 m (6 ft) high. For the carport, I need a height of about 2.80 m (9 ft 2 in) to accommodate a camper. That means the flat steel would have to span about 1.00 m (3 ft 3 in) vertically. On the other side (at the house), a beam could be mounted at the required height in the usual way.
Maybe someone can give me some advice.
Bauexperte schrieb:
Hello,
In that case, you have arranged a building encumbrance for your neighbor.
Not necessarily. If local conditions require it, the building authority can grant an exemption, for example, when there is a 5m (16 feet) distance between buildings, the property boundary can be divided into 2.5m (8 feet) each or also 3m (10 feet) and 2m (6.5 feet) ... WITHOUT ... registering a building encumbrance, meaning the buildings are allowed to have this reduced distance. Registering a building encumbrance would make no sense in these cases because it does not create more space but rather there is already insufficient space.
Best regards,
Dirk Grafe