Hi, Looking for a little help....
I'm in the middle of converting my loft and a lot of the hard work is done. Stairs and windows are in and extending my rafters tomorrow to accomodate 100mm kingspan.
My problem is the floor. It's a huge loft (the part I will be using as a room is 6mtrs x 5mtrs) but only has ceiling joists fitted. My house is a semi with a pitched roof and the current joists run from gutter to gutter (or front to back) but i think the new joists need to go the other way, wall to wall.
The reason for this is that I can only see one way of hanging the floor and thats from hangers attached to the walls (meaning the new floor will criss cross the ceiling joists, and have to be fitted higher to clear them). Does anyone have any other ideas for hanging the joists so they can go the same way?
What size joist will I need to span 5 metres? In the centre of the room there is the top of a brick wall which would be ideal for resting the joists on but it runs the wrong way (the existing ceiling joists sit on it)!!! It's a bit frustrating because i'm sure there is a simple solution.
I want to use the smallest joists possible (to save height) and still have the quickest/ easiest installation. Am i asking too much??
Thanks in advance for your help.
I'm in the middle of converting my loft and a lot of the hard work is done. Stairs and windows are in and extending my rafters tomorrow to accomodate 100mm kingspan.
My problem is the floor. It's a huge loft (the part I will be using as a room is 6mtrs x 5mtrs) but only has ceiling joists fitted. My house is a semi with a pitched roof and the current joists run from gutter to gutter (or front to back) but i think the new joists need to go the other way, wall to wall.
The reason for this is that I can only see one way of hanging the floor and thats from hangers attached to the walls (meaning the new floor will criss cross the ceiling joists, and have to be fitted higher to clear them). Does anyone have any other ideas for hanging the joists so they can go the same way?
What size joist will I need to span 5 metres? In the centre of the room there is the top of a brick wall which would be ideal for resting the joists on but it runs the wrong way (the existing ceiling joists sit on it)!!! It's a bit frustrating because i'm sure there is a simple solution.
I want to use the smallest joists possible (to save height) and still have the quickest/ easiest installation. Am i asking too much??
Thanks in advance for your help.