Recent content by alexstrong29

I have been told by a structural engineer to get steels. He is in favour of going down the proper route of going by building regs and being able to call it a bedroom. I have also been told by a builder and a carpenter that steels are unnecessary as long as I don't mind not being able to sell...

Hi I am slowly trying to convert my loft and have put in the horizontal timbers on every rafter that go over your head and just wondered what anyone thought about removing the horizontal support beams (not the diagonals) that stop you from being able to walk through the middle of the loft. I...