I am looking to board out the loft space in my detached garage and before I do I guess I am looking for some reassurance that what I have planned isn’t a dumb idea!
It’s a modern build (1990ish) detached garage with an apex roof. In the center of each side wall is a single brick pillar that stops 2 inches below the rafters. The span across these is 2.5m. I intended to cross this with 2 lengths of 4 x 2 ( 2 high, 4 wide ) and then run 4 x 2 from front to back (off the same supports as the current roof structure) across this to form new rafters that are 1 inch above the current rafter that support the roof . I would then board over these so all the weight of the junk I have to store is not carried by the roof structure.
Well is it a dumb idea? And will the two 4 x 2 supports across the middle be sufficient?
It’s a modern build (1990ish) detached garage with an apex roof. In the center of each side wall is a single brick pillar that stops 2 inches below the rafters. The span across these is 2.5m. I intended to cross this with 2 lengths of 4 x 2 ( 2 high, 4 wide ) and then run 4 x 2 from front to back (off the same supports as the current roof structure) across this to form new rafters that are 1 inch above the current rafter that support the roof . I would then board over these so all the weight of the junk I have to store is not carried by the roof structure.
Well is it a dumb idea? And will the two 4 x 2 supports across the middle be sufficient?