Our loft is floored and has a stair way going up. It's been used for storage thus far as we believed it would not conform to building regs due to the head clearance height.
Head clearance going up the stairs is 1.93m at the lowest level, but then it hits a landing area under the eaves which is 2m right at the corner as you go round, but obviously, you are under the roof so it slopes off.
Head clearance in the loft itself is 1.95m floor to rafter.
The flooring/ceiling joists are old wooden joists and measure 7inch by 3inch (18cm 8cm).
There is also a large velux window (new to replace the old one that was cracked, was cheaper to replace the full thing than replace the glass) which is... I forget but it conforms to the escape route policy (we figured since we were replacing it anyway may as well).
The stairway is situated in what used to be part of a bedroom. So, we have a doorway (door has been taken off but could easily be replaced), to the left is the stairs and then other side of the stairs is a bedroom door.
So.... how hard would it be to get it to conform to building regs? Would the stair case be ok or would it fail due to the landing area under the eaves?
And would we need new joists or some sort of support joists?
(its a 2 bedroom mid terrace if that helps)
Head clearance going up the stairs is 1.93m at the lowest level, but then it hits a landing area under the eaves which is 2m right at the corner as you go round, but obviously, you are under the roof so it slopes off.
Head clearance in the loft itself is 1.95m floor to rafter.
The flooring/ceiling joists are old wooden joists and measure 7inch by 3inch (18cm 8cm).
There is also a large velux window (new to replace the old one that was cracked, was cheaper to replace the full thing than replace the glass) which is... I forget but it conforms to the escape route policy (we figured since we were replacing it anyway may as well).
The stairway is situated in what used to be part of a bedroom. So, we have a doorway (door has been taken off but could easily be replaced), to the left is the stairs and then other side of the stairs is a bedroom door.
So.... how hard would it be to get it to conform to building regs? Would the stair case be ok or would it fail due to the landing area under the eaves?
And would we need new joists or some sort of support joists?
(its a 2 bedroom mid terrace if that helps)