adding a floor to my loft, please help

[whoname]

hi all, this is my first post here so i'm sorry if this has been asked before - i did do a quick search but couldn't find out what i was looking for, so....

my loft is choka-blok full of old useless crap that i can't throw away (not my crap) and i am looking to put down some kind of flooring to increase the useable space and generally tidy the space up a bit. at the moment the flooring consists of random pieces of chipboard/mdf just loosely placed across the area.

my question is how should i go about re-flooring (or rather, flooring) my loft?? it doesn't need to be aesthetically pleasing (no carpet ), just durable, practical and most importantly economical.

any other tips and advice on this matter will be appreciated...

PS - yes i am a bank holiday diy'er!!

 

[breezer]

you could try q & b and look for packs of chip board for loft flooring. they are just wide enough to sit b across half a joist each side, but do screw them down, dont nail them as you may damage the plaster of the ceiling below with the vibration