hi is it feasible to lower the upper purlin by a few feet, my loft has had some issues with woodworm, it has all been treated but we are now thinking about replacing the purlins as they are a bit ropey and then do a loft conversion, but still in the thought process and need the answer before we spend £450 for building regs to tell us we cant move them, if we cant put a new one in lower down before we remove the original then i can start to think about the conversion properly,
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It is unlikely you will be able to move the purlins without upgrading your rafters, which you will almost certainly have to do anyway for insulation.
ok great, so when i upgrade the rafters say to 6x2 would it then be possible to move it with support's off the steel's for the floor?
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You are better checking with your building inspector because he is the one to satisfy, but when the weight is of the roof is the time to reposition your beams.
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