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Hi Mointainwalker, You hit the nail on the head, so to speak :) The beams aren't sagging but there are only the floorboards between the two rooms and to all intents and purposes they are fixed directly to the beams. From everything I've read I think you're right about insulating below the...

In my house in France the upstairs roof space has been converted into a new room. The trouble is the floor - you can hear anyone even tip-toing on it. The floor sits on 9 inch x 6 inch oak beams, 5 metres long at 24 inch centres, so I don't have any concerns about them taking the weight. To...