Our loft isn't big enough for an actual real room, it's only 160cm high at the apex and there's no way i'm getting into moving ceilings down (even though there is room below)
But we need storage space and the loft is packed full of rubbish but i would like to make it into a proper room/storage area with shelves, cupboards and find some space saving stairs so it actually get used and is tidy.
The rafters are 2in x 6.5in and spaced around 30cm/40cm apart. Would i be able to just lay boards ontop of those as they stand? The construction is just these from the front to the back of house with an old style fairly shallow room (no interior supports). Either edge of the house is brick.
I would also like to board up the roof too, pop some insulation in and place boards over. Is there some kind of lightweight boards specifically for this?
The loft access is typical at the moment but i would like to open up more of it, so the room below looks up into the loft. Obviously there's no en-mass cutting of joists about to happen, although for access i wonder if one of the joists can be cut, like a rectangles worth maybe 2m long. The whole loft area is approx 6m x 10m.
My question is where ought i go to find out details? This is no more than a rough idea at the moment and i don't want to hire anyone until i'm pretty sure what the choices are.
many thanks
Paul
But we need storage space and the loft is packed full of rubbish but i would like to make it into a proper room/storage area with shelves, cupboards and find some space saving stairs so it actually get used and is tidy.
The rafters are 2in x 6.5in and spaced around 30cm/40cm apart. Would i be able to just lay boards ontop of those as they stand? The construction is just these from the front to the back of house with an old style fairly shallow room (no interior supports). Either edge of the house is brick.
I would also like to board up the roof too, pop some insulation in and place boards over. Is there some kind of lightweight boards specifically for this?
The loft access is typical at the moment but i would like to open up more of it, so the room below looks up into the loft. Obviously there's no en-mass cutting of joists about to happen, although for access i wonder if one of the joists can be cut, like a rectangles worth maybe 2m long. The whole loft area is approx 6m x 10m.
My question is where ought i go to find out details? This is no more than a rough idea at the moment and i don't want to hire anyone until i'm pretty sure what the choices are.
many thanks
Paul
