Hi. I am planning a loft conversion and have all the plans and calculations completed. My home is made from brick outer skin and thermalite (v soft) block internally. My calcs have been based upon steel work (which will support the roof and new floor) on top of padstone or steel spreader plate which will then bear onto the soft block inner skin which requires me cutting out the timber wall plate and the softblock below.
I was wondering if I could leave the timber wall plate in situ and put the steel spreader plate on top of this instead due to the timber appearing much stronger than the soft block below.
It seems a much simpler solution and requires much less work to install the padstone in a confined space. The softblock even with padstone or steel plate is concerning me.
Thanks
I was wondering if I could leave the timber wall plate in situ and put the steel spreader plate on top of this instead due to the timber appearing much stronger than the soft block below.
It seems a much simpler solution and requires much less work to install the padstone in a confined space. The softblock even with padstone or steel plate is concerning me.
Thanks