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Ok, from what I've read how you use the space and access to it determine its status. So this will be non habitable from bc perspective due to a ladder and complete lack of anything to allow habitation. So if anyone could comment on my original question in my quest to make a 'posh loft' that'd...

Thanks Tony, I've read into the flooring side of things and a side by install of thicker joists. What is there at the moment doesn't fill me with confidence for storage in the area with large span -- you can feel the floor flex under you in the middle. Needless to say things are stored near...

Man alive some people get uppity. At no point have I said I am not following building regs, quite the opposite I have said they have been read and I am looking at appropriate measures. This is largely to give me peace of mind I might add, as I always tend to over engineer things. I'll...

Just to reiterate this is largely to create additional 'nice' storage space. There is not going to be a fixed access to the space, there is likely to be a pull down ladder. At the moment there is just a hatch which isn't really very useful for regular access, and the misses won't venture up...

To be fair I do intend to follow regs in terms of floor strengthening (as already mentioned) and using what is suitable insulation. A 50mm in rafter and 50mm under rafter or 100mm below should I believe meet regs with suitable insulation last time I looked. What I am interested in knowing is...

Hi all, I am thinking of doing a non habitable attic conversion just to provide more accessible storage and also a playroom for the kids. So essentially it's a case of strengthening the floor in places where there is a very large span and insulating / plasterboarding the rafters. The attic...