Hi Guys
I am in the throws of a loft conversion. I am at the stage of dropping in the joists around the opening for the stairs. Setup designed by SE is 4 joists bolted together (175x50mm) at each end, with 2 joists bolted together as a trimmer 2.4m in length.
However, I am unsure as to how wide the opening should be.
Stair treads are to be 800 wide. Should I be leaving a couple of inches(sorry, 50mm) clearance for plasterboard, trimming etc?
I did have an appointment with a company to come out and measure up for the stairs, but they never turned up. I was going to ask them the question.
Incidentally, I know that a concession on loft stairs if the tread can be 600mm wide if the stairs are to 1 room. Does anyone know how keen BC are on this, as I have double winder stairs and 600mm treads would save me 400mm in the stair length, which is a fair chunk of the room my stairs are eating into.
Cheers
tatsky
I am in the throws of a loft conversion. I am at the stage of dropping in the joists around the opening for the stairs. Setup designed by SE is 4 joists bolted together (175x50mm) at each end, with 2 joists bolted together as a trimmer 2.4m in length.
However, I am unsure as to how wide the opening should be.
Stair treads are to be 800 wide. Should I be leaving a couple of inches(sorry, 50mm) clearance for plasterboard, trimming etc?
I did have an appointment with a company to come out and measure up for the stairs, but they never turned up. I was going to ask them the question.
Incidentally, I know that a concession on loft stairs if the tread can be 600mm wide if the stairs are to 1 room. Does anyone know how keen BC are on this, as I have double winder stairs and 600mm treads would save me 400mm in the stair length, which is a fair chunk of the room my stairs are eating into.
Cheers
tatsky