Recent content by Tattie1337

What did you end up doing?

About 1220 or so, the loft boars fit nicely across the middle of the joists.

Whys that?

How do I know what is over loading? The plan is for storing all my kids stuff, so toys and clothes and Xmas decorations. So I'm assuming that's quite light.

Hello, I had planned to put down 18 mm loft boarding and whilst trying to figure out if I should stagger my joint as in the first picture, or have them meet at the middle of the join, I noticed the joist is connected by a metal plate. This is making me question if I should loft the ceiling...