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Joists are a foot and a half apart so I can cut the 8foot lengths accordingly. The wood is thick enough to not be too springy but good point!

Wow this has escalated quickly!! As for the guard rail yes that's correct and a fixed ladder (loft ladder). I have horizontal joists from one side of the roof to the other at 3ft tall either side of the hatch so that will stop anyone falling down the hatch. I can always screw some vertical posts...

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This is true I guess to certain degree, but wood is just wood isn't it?! An 8x4 OSB weighs 24kg roughly. Pallet wood weighs less than that I assume over the same space (8x4) obs board is designed for strength and is compacted so must weigh more than sawn timber on a pallet?!

Nice They are polish pallets and Latvian pallets and they are about 2cm so just under an inch. They are very sturdy! I have about 1.5 feet between each rafter/joist. So Im estimating about 20 lengths of 9ft, 10cm wide will do an area roughly about 5 meters square. So to do the whole loft...

Just checking to see if this is ok. I want to board my loft out, not all of it just half for now then maybe half next time I can be bothered haha. I've got access to alot of pallets at work 9ft long. Strong wood, about an inch thick on each plank. Would that be suitable to use for my loft?! I...