Hello,
I'm having a loft conversion, but the engineering drawings have stated to use the heaviest gauge 10inch steel, which is weighing in at a hefty 90kg per metre. Which in my loft will comprise of 6 lengths weighing quarter of a ton each side (three per side bolted).
We are looking at getting it lighter by making it taller - apparently it's the deflection that counts.
There was a product we saw which was a dwarf lattice wall but our loft wasn't suitable as there are no eaves.
But I wondered if there are any other alternative materials or methods around, e.g. carbon fibre (though I expect the cost is prohibitive), etc. that anyone might know about?
Thanks.
I'm having a loft conversion, but the engineering drawings have stated to use the heaviest gauge 10inch steel, which is weighing in at a hefty 90kg per metre. Which in my loft will comprise of 6 lengths weighing quarter of a ton each side (three per side bolted).
We are looking at getting it lighter by making it taller - apparently it's the deflection that counts.
There was a product we saw which was a dwarf lattice wall but our loft wasn't suitable as there are no eaves.
But I wondered if there are any other alternative materials or methods around, e.g. carbon fibre (though I expect the cost is prohibitive), etc. that anyone might know about?
Thanks.