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Happy new year everyone. Thanks for all the help so far. Any other suggestions now?

Just spoke to one of the workmen who carried out the work on my loft flooring. He says they put the joists over the main supporting "kingpin" beam. Hope this helps. Means nothing to me. :)

Just had a thought, what exactly should I be asking them? Save's me phoning them twice after posting back here later. :D

I've checked the sales details from the sale. It just states floored loft space. I do have the receipt for the work so I could call the company who carried out the work. I will do this after xmas and see what they say. I'd imagine they'd be able to tell me exactly what they have done. Thanks...

It looks like they have added timber on top of existing joists but again I'm not sure. Where would I need to take the photo? The only real place is at the hatch. The house house ws built in 1940 if that helps. :) Thanks again for all your help guys. Keep it coming. :D

Thanks for the quick reply. The receipt definately says kingpin 3" Measured the ceiling to loft floor. At the hatch. Its 9" in total. Which looks like it comprises of 5" of it being Ceiling to orignal floor. Then the next 3" looks like what they've added to maybe level the floor. (more...

Ok I've looked through all the stuff I got when I moved in and I found the receipt from the company who carried out the work in the loft. The Floor size they laid was 648 sq feet on the notes it states Kingpin 3" Plasterboard Ceiling 2.6M (Means nothing to me!) :D It does not...

Sorry for sounding silly but what timbers? Do you mean the timbers of the roof? Which the slates are attatched to? Kind of hoped I could just buy some sort of insulation. Put it between the rafters (next to the slates). Then board up the insulation with some sort of boarding. I'm guessing...

Thanks for the quick response. To answer your question it has very neatly laid boards on the ceiling joists.

Hello helpful people. I'm really useless and need abit of advice. I've recently bought a house and its loft has been professionally floored for storage space. I'd love to also use the space by putting my pc up there. Before doing this I would need to insulate and board up the rafters, as i...