Please help if you can:
If I wish to board out my loft for use as storage do I need to strengthen the joists (currently 10 cm deep - 4x2)?
If I wish to convert my loft into a habitable area how do I go about strengthening the joists? Is laying some extra 3x2 perpendicular to the existing joists adequate? What would you do at the ends of these added timbers?
How come the floor is deemed not strong enough to support habitable requirements, yet handles the header tanks without a problem?
Thanks all.
If I wish to board out my loft for use as storage do I need to strengthen the joists (currently 10 cm deep - 4x2)?
If I wish to convert my loft into a habitable area how do I go about strengthening the joists? Is laying some extra 3x2 perpendicular to the existing joists adequate? What would you do at the ends of these added timbers?
How come the floor is deemed not strong enough to support habitable requirements, yet handles the header tanks without a problem?
Thanks all.