Please forgive me if this has been asked a hundred times before but as I do not know what these beams are called I don't know what to search this forum for.
I wish to floor the loft of my house for storage purposes and have been able to floor the small centre section of the house, I wish to floor as far as I can to the outer edges of the house but over the top of my rafters runs two diagonal beams which meet in the centre which are causing a problem.
I see myself with a few options:
1) Floor where I can around them - this would leave lots of unsupported board ends just ready for someone to stand on and go through the celing below.
2) Raise the level of the rafters by screwing battoning across the top of the rafters and then boarding over that - expensive and time consuming.
3) Remove them and lay the flooring - this is the best plan BUT; what do these beams do and is it safe to remove them?
Can anyone offer me any advice?
Thanks
Forestred
I wish to floor the loft of my house for storage purposes and have been able to floor the small centre section of the house, I wish to floor as far as I can to the outer edges of the house but over the top of my rafters runs two diagonal beams which meet in the centre which are causing a problem.
I see myself with a few options:
1) Floor where I can around them - this would leave lots of unsupported board ends just ready for someone to stand on and go through the celing below.
2) Raise the level of the rafters by screwing battoning across the top of the rafters and then boarding over that - expensive and time consuming.
3) Remove them and lay the flooring - this is the best plan BUT; what do these beams do and is it safe to remove them?
Can anyone offer me any advice?
Thanks
Forestred