i am going to put a raised floor in my loft to accomodate for insulation i am having put down, i have three 6x2's running from gable end to party wall, can i put joist hangers on them and hang new joists from them to make the raised floor area or can this not be done. There is three of them running threw the loft each from gable to party wall, one in the centre of the loft the other 2 are running threw about 6 foot away from the centre so my overall new joist span would on be 6 foot as i could hange from either side of the big centre joist. any input would be very very much appreciated
can i support from these large timbers??????
- Thread starter benackrell
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in a word no they are designed to give support probably to the ceiling and are large enough for the job with a a small element off redundant capacity
you need to egnore these timbers in your calculations unless you are shure they are up tothe job
a 6x2" timber would need to be supported at around every 4ft or so to allow other load bearing timbers to hang from it
you need to egnore these timbers in your calculations unless you are shure they are up tothe job
a 6x2" timber would need to be supported at around every 4ft or so to allow other load bearing timbers to hang from it
ok thankyou, so how could i increase the size of my ceiling joists without thousands of pounds in expense? if i glue and screw cross battens to them will this make them stronger of will the extra weight cause problems?
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