the hangers arent structural, that's confirmed. the issue is that, although a room already exists, it appears the joists are of insufficient depth. so to enlarge the room, the engineer could not sign-off on basis of existing provision. bottom line is i'm not prepared to do anything structural...
Woody, thanks for your enquiry. Walls hangers refers to the timber stud work that the plasterboard is attached to, forming the walls of the upstairs room space. If you need any further advice, please let me know.
I wonder if anyone can help me. I have a bungalow that has an original upstairs room with dormer window. I want to move the wall hangers back about a two feet further into the eave space to create a larger space that I can then sub-divide. However, a structural engineer has said that my existing...