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Sorry misunderstood. That makes sense, cheers!

Haha, we won't be storing anything near that much (sounds like a gym!) I just noticed that's what LoftZone claims it can take, but would be equally concerned if we we storing that much stuff. At most it will be a maximum of 150kg of 'stuff' in total. Then on occasion, me and my wife watching a...

Yeah we can get them up there, the loft hatch is thankfully in a reasonably long hallway! Would the 2x2s on top be for the gap for insulation or strength? Cheers.

Thanks for the reply regsmyth. Yeah they're inside the wall at both ends, but there is no space to put another timber in there and making the space bigger is beyond me. From what I've read if I were to bolt as close to the wall as possible, most of the weight would be spread to the wall rather...

I posted this thread the other day, having not understood what bearers are: https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/strengthening-loft-for-storage-and-light-use.558668/ Would it be permissible sister each bearer with two additional 6x2s, bolted at the ends where the bearers meet the wall, with 18mm...

Apologies in advance as I know this topic probably pops up a lot, but I've got a bit of a unique issue I haven't been able to find any information on. We want to fully board out our loft for storage. There is also a lot of headroom (3 metres) and a pretty large wall, so we'd like to put a...