Hello,
I want to put some storage up in my garage loft, but need to know if existing support would be strong enough and safe?
It's a new-build detached single garage, double skinned. about 6m long and 3m wide. There are 5 trusses supported by 5 joists which run the length of the building and supported only at the ends. The side walls go all the way up to the roof, but it looks as if the trusses aren't actually attached to the side walls at all as there's a gap all the way around except at the door and back wall sides where they're supported.
Basically I want to add some light boarding to add storage space, with no intention of standing up there myself it'll be only for stuff I can lift above my head so, up to around 15kg MAX per box, but what I'm concerned about is, roughly how much would actually be safe to put up there?
The joists themselves only have a cross section of about 1.5" x 3", which to me looks small, but then again, I've no real idea, hence why i'm here. For the moment there isn't much but I imagine it could potentially accumulate to be fairly heavy.
Basically, the more stuff I can get off the floor, the better so that I can have my man-cave back!
I want to put some storage up in my garage loft, but need to know if existing support would be strong enough and safe?
It's a new-build detached single garage, double skinned. about 6m long and 3m wide. There are 5 trusses supported by 5 joists which run the length of the building and supported only at the ends. The side walls go all the way up to the roof, but it looks as if the trusses aren't actually attached to the side walls at all as there's a gap all the way around except at the door and back wall sides where they're supported.
Basically I want to add some light boarding to add storage space, with no intention of standing up there myself it'll be only for stuff I can lift above my head so, up to around 15kg MAX per box, but what I'm concerned about is, roughly how much would actually be safe to put up there?
The joists themselves only have a cross section of about 1.5" x 3", which to me looks small, but then again, I've no real idea, hence why i'm here. For the moment there isn't much but I imagine it could potentially accumulate to be fairly heavy.
Basically, the more stuff I can get off the floor, the better so that I can have my man-cave back!
