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The strength is still the same if I was to add the joists hangers in the brickwork or I was to add a beam? Is the beam simply screwed straight into the wall without wall plugs? Will I have to let the mortar dry with the joist in place before placing the joists in the hangers?

I'm thinking terms terms of the space, the loft ladder is installed right next to a wall which makes placing a piece of timber there very awkward. First time doing my loft or a project like this so a little reluctant in some areas.

I will not be having the beam, just the hangers in the walls

It seem like too much hassle, I will be installing approx 16 joists and not done it before. Yes, there is enough wall.

For my loft project I was going to cut out holes in the walls and install 8x2 joists to sit in the walls, I don't think I can do that and have decided to use 8x2 masonry hangers instead. The problem is how to do so? The walls are already up so how do i cut the bricks, get the hangers in and then...

The herringbone strutting seems a little advanced to me to be honest, I don't think I can do that. How is the solid strutting in a single row done? Do I install the joists in the wall or hangers then add pieces of the joists in a straight line or is the row i single piece and the joists...

These are not noggins? I was planning on adding these down the centre using the same material. I need approx 13 joists but planned on ordering 16 http://thebuckstop.net/gallery2/var/resizes/IMAG0679.jpg?m=1422478810

Sorry i posted a wrong link, it's the 8x2 joists not the 6x2, I really should have checked this before posting. https://diybuildingsupplies.co.uk/products/47mm-x-200mm-c24-regularised-treated-sawn-timber-8x2?variant=44499691012414 Kind of found a solution to getting the joists up, we will try...

I want to use the space for storage for now with the view of making it habitable when the kids are older, this is why i want to put in a new layer of joist and have a floor on top of them. I don't relly want to and neither do i think i can work on the existing joists. Too scared to mess with...

Yes I can get 2.5m up the stairs. Why wouldn't this pass building regulations?

Hello all, I would like to add joists across my loft that sit in the walls either end of the loft. These joist will not sit on the current floor, they will be raised so i can get all the insulation in. I would then like to add wooden floor to create the floor rather than boarding. I need joists...

beege, I have gone with a sparky who will be around tomorrow morning to install both lights. I brought a new property and did all the cosmetic stuff myself, I was hoping to do the light myself too but i think a lot more research is required.

beege, EFLImpudence, the picture of the exposed wires is for the hallway. I will try what you guys have suggested above but I don't have an exposed earth wire to connect to the ceiling light. I assume cutting an earth wire that you can see in the image is probably the dumbest thing I will do...

Beege, I have connected all the cables to a ceiling light and the light now seems to work... however it seems as if there is some sort of direct connect as the light switch isn't doing anything anymore. The light constantly stays on. EFLimpudence, flameport, think I might have a sparky look at...

EFLImpudence, I have removed all the old fitting and shownh in the 1st picture. Is it possible to connect the live and neutral but no earth wire?

beege, yes they were all connect to the old light fitting. They're very difficult to attach all 3 to the new lighting.

Hi all, I have successfully installed to ceiling lights and have come to a problem with 2 other ceiling lights. The first has x3 earth, live and neutral wires, I have installed the ceiling light using one of each and have used black tape to secure the others but I have no light. This hasn't...