Gambrel or Attic Truss for the most (and best!) headspace in a loft convertion?

We note that the domain for your email address is Brazil. That's not a problem, we field inquiries from all over but we are not familiar with Brazilian building practice. Even if you are based in Australia, your question is somewhat beyond the scope of our service. You need engineering advice that will take into account the type and structural grade of the timber you wish to recycle, and design your trusses accordingly.

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Minima Prefab Tiny House

A modular home by Trias Studio Architects and developers Fabprefab delivers architectural quality from a prefabricated workflow.

Spruce pine strength rating

If your spruce is seasoned spruce from Sweden (aka 'white Baltic') it can be visually stress-graded to Australian Standard 2858, Timber - Softwood - Visually stress-graded for structural purposes. Achievable grades for seasoned spruce (moisture content 15% or less) are F5, F7, F8 and F11, depending on quality, particularly with respect to knot sizes and slope of grain. AS 2858 gives limiting knot sizes for each grade and maximum allowable slope of grain.

What type of wood is this?

It's very difficult to identify a wood species from a photo, particularly if it's a tropical species - there are many of them, with similar colours and grain patterns. If it's important to know the species a specialist in that area could probably identify it by examining the cell structure of a sample microscopically. This would involve cutting a small piece from a place where it won't be noticed.

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Wine time at the Master Builders National Excellence Awards

An eventful three days in the wine region of Hunter Valley with MasterExternal link Builders Australia resulted in two outstanding wins by Souter Built and Fairbrother Construction in the WoodSolutions sponsored categories of Sustainability for residential and commercial buildings respectively.
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New year, new skills with WoodSolutions Campus

Learning new skills is easy and accessible with WoodSolutions Campus.   Campus presents learning modules for industry as well as design and build specifiers on relevant topics ranging from timber grading to design for bushfire...

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