Attic queries

[blacksheep]

Hi
Been adding some ceiling boards on those raised plastic legs you can get (bit crap but does the job I suppose).
Anyone know what these are nailed.to the big roof joists. Few have come off, assuming they are to hold beam in place while they built around? House in 1920s. Wondered if to take others off be good idea? Some are nailed better than others but they look.quite weak mostly

Also on a seperate note, came across a pipe like piece going around Teein off in various places but worked out it was old wiring for the lights, mad how they used to do it

Thanks

 

[cdbe]

They are hangers, holding up your ceiling joists, put/fix them back.

 

[^woody^]

It's difficult to say what they are doing. Perhaps just stabilising the purlin whilst being built. Or either struts to support the purlin or hangers to support the ceiling joists.

Either way, whilst they look a bit thin to be doing either support options, I'd be inclined to leave them as that purlin looks quite straight and would be over spanned without intermediate support.

 

[blacksheep]

Yeh, got no plans other than storage here (Maybe full attic conversion one day if i can afford it) So have left them alone. The one I took down was was hanging off doing nothing but some of them are tight some not so much. Its a nice house but old. Nice high ceiling but need replastering and new ceiling in some places. Had a new roof years ago and they never touched the wood and my late parents had paid for the wood to be treated. found an agreement about boundary walls dated
1924
In a full conversion do they RSJ that purlin or add other support?

 

[^woody^]

If the purlin can be supported at current regulation intervals - 1.2/1.5 metres, onto walls below, then that's an option. Else a steel or timber beam would be spanned across and purlin supported off that.

But it's common for purlins to be removed to make the space bigger, so some thought is then needed to work out new supports and suchlike.

 

[blacksheep]

thinking logically theres a few walls underneath, no stud partitions here, so would give support

if i ever got it done be good to get it out, its big. Theres one a few doors up and others in street converted

That purlin is 6metres long, and as it goes into next door (its a semi.) Assume it doesn't span across next door