Apologies for the long post...
I have a 3 story mid-terrace house, with a bedroom on the 3rd floor (which is original, not a conversion). Behind the bedroom wall to the front of the house is a loft space that has plenty of room to cut in a doorway and build a large walk-in-wardrobe.
The joists in the room look to only be roof joists(?), as opposed to proper floor joists. They are around 50mm*75mm, and spaced about 12in apart (apologies don't have measurements with me). They stretch from the existing bedroom wall (that I will be making doorway in, which has a interior wall beneath) to the front wall of the house (probably around 3500mm).
Will these joists be sufficient to just lay loft flooring on, as they will only need to support the weight of one person, and some cupboards and clothing (though these may hung from the roof beam), or do I need to look into replacing the joists? If so how do I go about doing this?
Many thanks.
I have a 3 story mid-terrace house, with a bedroom on the 3rd floor (which is original, not a conversion). Behind the bedroom wall to the front of the house is a loft space that has plenty of room to cut in a doorway and build a large walk-in-wardrobe.
The joists in the room look to only be roof joists(?), as opposed to proper floor joists. They are around 50mm*75mm, and spaced about 12in apart (apologies don't have measurements with me). They stretch from the existing bedroom wall (that I will be making doorway in, which has a interior wall beneath) to the front wall of the house (probably around 3500mm).
Will these joists be sufficient to just lay loft flooring on, as they will only need to support the weight of one person, and some cupboards and clothing (though these may hung from the roof beam), or do I need to look into replacing the joists? If so how do I go about doing this?
Many thanks.