Recent content by Sukhi1972

There's a W shaped truss, I think, every 3rd (without looking) joist. If you can imagine it, the middle bit of the W goes up to the high point in the roof. A couple of the rooms don't have ceiling roses in the rooms (flush fitting lights) but instead have connector blocks in the loft. I was...

Thanks. It is an early 70's 4 bed detatched house, and if any help it has W shaped roof trusses. There's nothing up there at the moment because when we moved in 5 years ago, there was just the 2 of us and we bundled all our extra stuff into the wardrobes and stacked boxes in the ensuite...

Hi, Just been up into the loft & measured. The joists, running the width of the house are approx 6m long. I've seen some of those joining strips nailed into the sides so am assuming that made up of 2 or 3 lengths of timber. The joists themselves are 56cm apart and are 7cmx3.5cm. The...

M/walker, apologies didn't mean to cause offence but was looking for general advice for starters. My joists are approx 7/8cm high to which I was going to add timber (probably 2x4) which would raise the height to approx 18cm. Lay 150mm space blanket & then board over the top. The timber...

Thanks Chukka. M/walker......I was aking for any general advice/issues that I may have overlooked. Weight on joist issues, heard people say that the add on timber must reach the wall plates or not to put timber at right angles because extra weight not supported whereas some people say...

Hi, After lots of searching about what is and isn't recommended for insulating and boarding lofts I'm a bit confused about what I can do. My plans is to raise my ceiling joists using either 2x2 or 2x4 timber on top of the joists (not at right angles as some people have said), lay as much...