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Well in the end I bent the hangers one way and on the side that lifted packed out with some spare timber bits. It worked fine. Floor has been thoroughly tested and is nice and rigid.

Well since no one wants to have ago at this I'll answer it myself! I used M12 resin bolts in the end and didn't bother embedding the two end rafters into the wall. It's still up, nice and rigid and we've had 4 people standing on it without a creak or any other movement; sorted.

Are there any specially designed joist hangers to go across a room that is not square; ie almost triangular! I could just bend the jiffy hangers I have but this feels like a bit of a bodge.

I am planning to build a timber floor across my daughters very high ceilinged room. (Basically a raised bed platform) I am going to make what I think is referred to as a ledger board to run across each opposite wall and suspend the joists off this. The floor is big enough for a double bed and...