Hi
Just looking for a bit of info/advice
It’s a 15 year old house with the standard triangle roof trusses
I currently have a small plastic loft hatch on the landing. I am looking to get one of the larger openings with the wooden folding steps. The opening is roughly the width of the loft trusses and 1 meter long.
I can move the loft hatch and make it longer by putting it parallel to the trusses but this then means the the ladder isn’t in a great position.
I’m wondering if I could position it 90 degrees to the roof trusses. Rather than parellel
This does however mean that I would have to cut one of the trusses for the opening.
First off is it a complete no no to cut the bottom section of the truss in two ? ( the bit the plasterboard ceilling fixes too)
If I can cut that one truss back is it a case of cutting it back and making a boxing nailing the end of the cut truss into a new 4x3 maybe using a joist hanger maybe then also bracing across the several trusses where they meet in the outer triangle bits just to put the strength back to stop the truss spreading apart due to the bottom bit being cut in half.
Just looking for a bit of info/advice
It’s a 15 year old house with the standard triangle roof trusses
I currently have a small plastic loft hatch on the landing. I am looking to get one of the larger openings with the wooden folding steps. The opening is roughly the width of the loft trusses and 1 meter long.
I can move the loft hatch and make it longer by putting it parallel to the trusses but this then means the the ladder isn’t in a great position.
I’m wondering if I could position it 90 degrees to the roof trusses. Rather than parellel
This does however mean that I would have to cut one of the trusses for the opening.
First off is it a complete no no to cut the bottom section of the truss in two ? ( the bit the plasterboard ceilling fixes too)
If I can cut that one truss back is it a case of cutting it back and making a boxing nailing the end of the cut truss into a new 4x3 maybe using a joist hanger maybe then also bracing across the several trusses where they meet in the outer triangle bits just to put the strength back to stop the truss spreading apart due to the bottom bit being cut in half.