Hello everybody,
We're doing loft conversion in bungalow. I have two nearest supporting walls 502cm apart inner sides and 532cm apart outer sides. Our builder uses 30cmx5cm timbers for load bearing and the longest you can get is 520cm. So there'll be only (520-502)/2=9cm overlap between the timber and walls.
Is this long enough to work as load barer for the loft floor? Is there a building reg requiring a minimum overlap between load bearer and support wall?
Thank you
We're doing loft conversion in bungalow. I have two nearest supporting walls 502cm apart inner sides and 532cm apart outer sides. Our builder uses 30cmx5cm timbers for load bearing and the longest you can get is 520cm. So there'll be only (520-502)/2=9cm overlap between the timber and walls.
Is this long enough to work as load barer for the loft floor? Is there a building reg requiring a minimum overlap between load bearer and support wall?
Thank you