Hi all,
I live in a newish build circa 2013 and have a small loft space that I would like to partially board out for very light storage.
The loft is roughly 3.7m wide by 5m long, with an area roughly 3.6m x 3.6m which could be boarded when the loft access is taken into account.
I'm currently looking at a LoftZone kit (7m2) to raise the boards above the 270/300mm of insulation that's already in place.
So my problem is the roof is a truss design with large vertical posts right down the centre of the loft space with support struts, which makes boarding rather difficult.
Not sure if this is called a King post design as different sources show different names
(its 1.87m from the centre of the posts to the loft edge)
What would be the best way to board it out, start from the centre King post and go 1.2m (maybe 1.8m) out to make the most of the head room.
Ideally i would like to avoid cutting every single loft board to make them fit around the King post as it doesnt have to look beautiful just for storage.
Secondly the diagonal strut braces, could they be repositioned horizontally (red line) to give easier access for storage?
Or would this substantially weaken the roof.
A couple of images below, sorry about the poor quality.. my phone doesnt seem to like the low light levels
thanks all
I live in a newish build circa 2013 and have a small loft space that I would like to partially board out for very light storage.
The loft is roughly 3.7m wide by 5m long, with an area roughly 3.6m x 3.6m which could be boarded when the loft access is taken into account.
I'm currently looking at a LoftZone kit (7m2) to raise the boards above the 270/300mm of insulation that's already in place.
So my problem is the roof is a truss design with large vertical posts right down the centre of the loft space with support struts, which makes boarding rather difficult.
Not sure if this is called a King post design as different sources show different names
(its 1.87m from the centre of the posts to the loft edge)
What would be the best way to board it out, start from the centre King post and go 1.2m (maybe 1.8m) out to make the most of the head room.
Ideally i would like to avoid cutting every single loft board to make them fit around the King post as it doesnt have to look beautiful just for storage.
Secondly the diagonal strut braces, could they be repositioned horizontally (red line) to give easier access for storage?
Or would this substantially weaken the roof.
A couple of images below, sorry about the poor quality.. my phone doesnt seem to like the low light levels
thanks all