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Structure: Approved Document A
Guidance on structural loading, foundations, walls, floors, roofs and disproportionate collapse.
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THICKNESS OF WALLS IN CERTAIN SMALL BUILDINGS
Diagram 17 Size and location of openings
See para 2C38
f. The maximum length or width of the building Published Document PD 6693-1:2012 or BS
or annexe does not exceed 9m. 8103-3:2009.
g. The height of the building or annexe does not i. Walls are tied to the roof structure vertically
exceed the lower value derived from Diagram 2. and horizontally in accordance with paragraphs
2C32 to 2C36 and with horizontal lateral
h. The roof is braced at rafter level, horizontally
restraint at roof level in accordance with
at eaves level and at the base of any gable by
paragraph (iv) below.
roof decking, rigid sarking or diagonal timber
bracing, as appropriate, in accordance with j. The roof structure of an annexe is secured
BS EN 1995-1-1:2004 with its UK National to the structure of the main building at both
Annex and additional guidance given in BSI rafter and eaves level.
Structure Approved Document A
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