HI all,
Im going to rent my spare room and to make the airing cupboard into a wardrobe. This mean the hot water cyclinder needs to go in the loft.
The Cylinder is a integrated type(with a built in header tank), made of copper and its about 90cm high so not huge. Im going to prepare all the space so its a quick(ish) job for a plumber to connect up.
My biggest concern is the weight on the loft floor/ceiling joists. So I am planning to run two 4x2 beams across the entire width of the loft (3.4m), one above the top of a load bearing central wall. Essentially they will run either side of the loft hatch in the pics below. I was also going to use a beam hangar attached to the stone walls with bolts to hold them in place, so in reality the beam will be 1-2mm above the current joists/ceiling beams or whatever they are called.
Is this sufficient, or should I use bigger beams? The 4" is ideal because this will bring them level with the insulation board that is already down.
Anyone see any problems with what im planning to do? The tank is going where the space blanket is piled against the wall.
Im going to rent my spare room and to make the airing cupboard into a wardrobe. This mean the hot water cyclinder needs to go in the loft.
The Cylinder is a integrated type(with a built in header tank), made of copper and its about 90cm high so not huge. Im going to prepare all the space so its a quick(ish) job for a plumber to connect up.
My biggest concern is the weight on the loft floor/ceiling joists. So I am planning to run two 4x2 beams across the entire width of the loft (3.4m), one above the top of a load bearing central wall. Essentially they will run either side of the loft hatch in the pics below. I was also going to use a beam hangar attached to the stone walls with bolts to hold them in place, so in reality the beam will be 1-2mm above the current joists/ceiling beams or whatever they are called.
Is this sufficient, or should I use bigger beams? The 4" is ideal because this will bring them level with the insulation board that is already down.
Anyone see any problems with what im planning to do? The tank is going where the space blanket is piled against the wall.