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Hopefully you can now see what it is I am trying so badly to say. The joists on the attice floor is what I am wanting to move directly under the the purlins this way I have more floor area. I use words like struts, joist and purlin from a diagram I saw so hoping i named them right. Thanks...

I will take some pictures and post them later today. Thanks everyone who has replied much appriciated. :)

OK Ill try again In my loft I have two Joists that goes across the top part of my house supporting the struts that support the purlins which support the rafters. The person the lived in my house before me made a floor space and turned it into a mini office. The floor he layed is between the two...

I am wanting to make good use of my loft space and have decided to start drawing plans on how best to use the loft space. But here is the problem can I move my joist which are currently 10 feet apart? I would like to move them under the purlins and this would give me a floor space of 13 feet, so...