Hi All,
Just moved in to a house with a 5.2m x 5m Garage.
I would like to board the loft for storage of mainly lightweight items, although I would like to store 4 spare alloy wheels, no tyres, of my classic car up there too.
Garage is 5.2m long by 5m wide, the roof is made of trussed rafters at 600mm centres running from a double garage door at the front to the wall at the back. The bottom rafter measures 95mm x 38mm. There is a RSJ running above the garage door. Hopefully the picture below gives you an idea of what I have.
I did think about putting supports under the bottom rafter and perpendicular to the rafter from wall to wall but due to the electric garage door I am limited on the height there.
Any advise on how I can strengthen the loft? Or would I be ok to board it with say 22mm chipboard flooring as it is?
Many thanks
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Just moved in to a house with a 5.2m x 5m Garage.
I would like to board the loft for storage of mainly lightweight items, although I would like to store 4 spare alloy wheels, no tyres, of my classic car up there too.
Garage is 5.2m long by 5m wide, the roof is made of trussed rafters at 600mm centres running from a double garage door at the front to the wall at the back. The bottom rafter measures 95mm x 38mm. There is a RSJ running above the garage door. Hopefully the picture below gives you an idea of what I have.
I did think about putting supports under the bottom rafter and perpendicular to the rafter from wall to wall but due to the electric garage door I am limited on the height there.
Any advise on how I can strengthen the loft? Or would I be ok to board it with say 22mm chipboard flooring as it is?
Many thanks
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