Recent content by antony74

Thats great RonnyRaygun, I'm glad I now know its within regs. The joist don't have stamps because they are old but they look sound but I suppose they will have to graded. Are you a struc eng and if so when I need some official calcs would you be willing to do them and if so how much would they...

bugger, ok cheers devildamo.

Thats good cheers hotrod, I see the TRADA span is 100mm more than the 1992 building regs part A table for the dead load cat of .25 - .5 kn/m2 infact its nearer the dead load cat of -0.25 kn/m2 which is 3.10, out of interest does TRADA have the specs for 97x75 joist so I can get a rough...

Yeah, I will check the steel out later regarding calcs, for now I'm just interested in what I can span with the existing timber joists, because I don't want to lose height in the loft and the floor is already t&g boarded and I don't want to disturb. cheers

Yeah but before I start spending money, I'd like to know if this way is possible and the more ideas and information the better.. cheers

Hi all, I'm in need of some advise regarding my plans to officially convert our loft room to a bedroom in our new house. The room has been used as an unofficial bedroom by the previous owner but there are quite a few cracks in the ceiling below which I feel are due to the inadequate joist...