Recent content by bigpatty

Guys, It is very interesting to hear the options you propose and I really appreciate the effort to answer. I'm an engineer by trade but not civil. I am really skeptical of a soft wood solution as the place is in France and the oak is already wormed,,, it's been empty for years and they...

Deluks. Thanks for the reply. The problem is the beams are so uneven and the old floor in the loft is very bad. It looks ok from below as a ceiling but from above is not really useable. Too uneven and of course when in the loft you are walking on the boards of the ceiling below and there...

I'll try to explain the problem. 300 Year old house which has a 7m x 20m loft space. The beams and loft floor are all oak (all beams span the 7m and are not supported except in the walls) and have been fully treated. I want to keep the exposed beams in in the rooms below the loft and have the...