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My neighbors had a cowboy builder from hell.He started work and made a complete mess and left their house uninhabitable for 5 months. Kept turning up wanting money for work he said he was doing. When they refused he became very threatening. they paid up under direst and then he left and did not...

You can put boards on existing joist ,but would not be strong enough to support any weight other than light weight for crawling along on ones belly to inspect the roof space. If you wish to use the roof space as a loft you will need to install 7" x 3" joist running in parrallel with existing...

Your ceiling joist need to be 7"x 3" to support a floor that a maximum of 13 feet. Go for 8" x 3" and you can put floor boards on top at 90 degree to the direction of the floor joist. This will be enough to support a bedroom.