I have just raised the height of the joists in the loft to add extra insulation and have boarded over them.
Whilst up there I was thinking about shelving.
The house is a 70s house. The main loft is nearly square shape and only has outer brick walls - there are no internal brick walls upstairs (except the outside walls).
The roof trusses are a W shape with the centre of the the W being higher to touch the apex. The boarded section of the loft is under the middle of the W.
I was wondering if it is acceptable to screw a baton across the next part of the trusses to allow me to put a shelf across. I would need a baton on two trusses then I could span the gap with a shelf for storage.
I have attached a picture of what I mean. The black bit shows the trusses. The blue is my boarded section. The red is where I propose to put a baton (this could be duplicated on the other side too.
Is this acceptable?
Whilst up there I was thinking about shelving.
The house is a 70s house. The main loft is nearly square shape and only has outer brick walls - there are no internal brick walls upstairs (except the outside walls).
The roof trusses are a W shape with the centre of the the W being higher to touch the apex. The boarded section of the loft is under the middle of the W.
I was wondering if it is acceptable to screw a baton across the next part of the trusses to allow me to put a shelf across. I would need a baton on two trusses then I could span the gap with a shelf for storage.
I have attached a picture of what I mean. The black bit shows the trusses. The blue is my boarded section. The red is where I propose to put a baton (this could be duplicated on the other side too.
Is this acceptable?