Hi all,
I've asked for advice previously both here and on Screwfix forum so sorry to be bothering you again.
I have been in contact with two structural engineering companies who (after contacting numerous others with no interest or response) have promised to get back to me with quotes but both seem to have forgotten to do so.
In the mean time though if get some feed back on our plan here.
We have narrowed down what we wish to do to putting a stair case in one of the two large bedrooms and creating two rooms in the loft (no dorma) which will be either two bedrooms or a bedroom and a bathroom.
We plan to leave the existing purlins in place and using wall plates off the gable and party walls to sort the floor joists which will be supported on the center off the spine wall.
This should be the most cost effective way and avoid the need for steel beams to sort the roof.
I did wish to run flitch beams to support the roof in place of RSJ's but the shear mention of this sends the local structural engineers running for the hills (or valleys here in Wales).
I know the floor joist spans are quite long but should be achievable.
So the main issue and I guess point of this thread is how to remove the purlin struts and re-support them at the spine wall.
No work will be undertaken without an engineers calculations and the thumbs up from building control but I need to start getting my head around how this is to be achieved and also get some designs planned out.
Thanks,
Poe.
I've asked for advice previously both here and on Screwfix forum so sorry to be bothering you again.
I have been in contact with two structural engineering companies who (after contacting numerous others with no interest or response) have promised to get back to me with quotes but both seem to have forgotten to do so.
In the mean time though if get some feed back on our plan here.
We have narrowed down what we wish to do to putting a stair case in one of the two large bedrooms and creating two rooms in the loft (no dorma) which will be either two bedrooms or a bedroom and a bathroom.
We plan to leave the existing purlins in place and using wall plates off the gable and party walls to sort the floor joists which will be supported on the center off the spine wall.
This should be the most cost effective way and avoid the need for steel beams to sort the roof.
I did wish to run flitch beams to support the roof in place of RSJ's but the shear mention of this sends the local structural engineers running for the hills (or valleys here in Wales).
I know the floor joist spans are quite long but should be achievable.
So the main issue and I guess point of this thread is how to remove the purlin struts and re-support them at the spine wall.
No work will be undertaken without an engineers calculations and the thumbs up from building control but I need to start getting my head around how this is to be achieved and also get some designs planned out.
Thanks,
Poe.