I dont have any pictures at the minute so bear with me!
The joists that make up my attic floor run from the front of the house to the rear.
There are three beams on top which run at right angles to the joists, from the gable wall to the party wall. They dont quite touch the two walls and dont appear to be fixed to anything (I havent looked too closely yet)
The cold water tank sits in the middle of the attic, on top of the middle beam.
I would like to convert the attic at some point, and would need to removed the one in the middle (the other two are out of the way)
I was going to double up on the joists anyway I was just wondering what these beams are there for?
Ill try and get some pics up later
The joists that make up my attic floor run from the front of the house to the rear.
There are three beams on top which run at right angles to the joists, from the gable wall to the party wall. They dont quite touch the two walls and dont appear to be fixed to anything (I havent looked too closely yet)
The cold water tank sits in the middle of the attic, on top of the middle beam.
I would like to convert the attic at some point, and would need to removed the one in the middle (the other two are out of the way)
I was going to double up on the joists anyway I was just wondering what these beams are there for?
Ill try and get some pics up later