Hi,
I'm considering purchasing a commercial property to run my business out of.
It's a steel framed building with brick and block walls.
It's basically a square shell to the moment of about 120 msq which is open up to the pitched roof.
I'd like to partion of one end into a seperate room about 6m x4m and fit a ceiling into the partitioned part.
It's also occured to me that creating some extra storage at a later date would be useful.
Would i need building regs to put a steel beam across the room, about a 10m span, to enable me to install a ceiling and perhaps at a later date use the space above for storage?
I'm assuming an I'd need a structural engineer to do calcs as well?
I'm considering purchasing a commercial property to run my business out of.
It's a steel framed building with brick and block walls.
It's basically a square shell to the moment of about 120 msq which is open up to the pitched roof.
I'd like to partion of one end into a seperate room about 6m x4m and fit a ceiling into the partitioned part.
It's also occured to me that creating some extra storage at a later date would be useful.
Would i need building regs to put a steel beam across the room, about a 10m span, to enable me to install a ceiling and perhaps at a later date use the space above for storage?
I'm assuming an I'd need a structural engineer to do calcs as well?