Hi All
I am in the very early stages of planning a loft conversion.
I am pretty experienced with building work/DIY so intend to get a builder to do the structural work, steels, stairs, velux windows, and I can complete the rest. Have 2 friend sparkies, 2 chippies and a plumber so OK for trades at mates rates.
Anyway, I am trying to work out in my head how the steels will go in. I will be getting plans drawn up, and speaking to BCO but I like to have an plan in my head before I get people in, just for my peace of mind.
My loft is great for conversion. Head room is 3m at center, with room for me to stand up in a huge part of the area.
Also, the house is an old terrace, Rafter and Purlin design so not much to remove.
My main issue is there is a King Post in the center of the loft, with a horizontal tie beam running from front to back of the house. Spars come from this to purlins supporting rafters.
I will need to put steels from side to side (party wall), but this Tie Beam in the center is 9inches deep. The steels will have to be above that, making my floor 9 inches above the ceiling.
I don't think I can remove the tie beam and spars, because there would be nothing to support the roof in the meantime. i.e. I need the steels in to take the load, so I can remove the purlins/spars/kingpost. But the Tie Beam is in the way of the Steel.
Any ideas?
I wondered if I could position steels front to back, either side of the Tie Beam, and hang joists from the steel and hangers on the party wall?
Here are images of my loft on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53203458@N06/4911102224/in/photostream/#/
Dimensions are:
King Post - 3m from Tie beam to Ridge
Tie Beam - 8.4m
Span from Wall to Tie Beam 2.7m
Cheers
Paul
I am in the very early stages of planning a loft conversion.
I am pretty experienced with building work/DIY so intend to get a builder to do the structural work, steels, stairs, velux windows, and I can complete the rest. Have 2 friend sparkies, 2 chippies and a plumber so OK for trades at mates rates.
Anyway, I am trying to work out in my head how the steels will go in. I will be getting plans drawn up, and speaking to BCO but I like to have an plan in my head before I get people in, just for my peace of mind.
My loft is great for conversion. Head room is 3m at center, with room for me to stand up in a huge part of the area.
Also, the house is an old terrace, Rafter and Purlin design so not much to remove.
My main issue is there is a King Post in the center of the loft, with a horizontal tie beam running from front to back of the house. Spars come from this to purlins supporting rafters.
I will need to put steels from side to side (party wall), but this Tie Beam in the center is 9inches deep. The steels will have to be above that, making my floor 9 inches above the ceiling.
I don't think I can remove the tie beam and spars, because there would be nothing to support the roof in the meantime. i.e. I need the steels in to take the load, so I can remove the purlins/spars/kingpost. But the Tie Beam is in the way of the Steel.
Any ideas?
I wondered if I could position steels front to back, either side of the Tie Beam, and hang joists from the steel and hangers on the party wall?
Here are images of my loft on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/53203458@N06/4911102224/in/photostream/#/
Dimensions are:
King Post - 3m from Tie beam to Ridge
Tie Beam - 8.4m
Span from Wall to Tie Beam 2.7m
Cheers
Paul