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    Sistering loft joists, what’s a good practice?

    Hello everyone, my house is a 4x7m end of terrace over 100 years old, we’ve done renovating the living spaces and want to strengthen the loft joists so that it can support more weight for storage. The loft joists are sitting directly on brick walls with no wall plates, and the ceiling...
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    Adding joists in the loft with no wall plate

    There were not much things in the loft except insulation, so the ceiling are fine and the joists are not visibly bent
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    Adding joists in the loft with no wall plate

    The joists in my loft are 1x3 which is a bit thin and weak. Since we plan to store quite a bit of tools and other stuff in the loft, we decide to add new 2x6 joists into the loft to have a solid foundation for loft boards. Here is my question: I found the old joists are sitting directly on the...
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