Hi
Wonder if you can help?
I'm about to board a small part of my loft, having bought 5 packs of tongue and groove board from my local DIY store (chipboard)
I intended to use the area to store some old books and magazines, and therefore want to improve/strenghten the joists/rafters before doing so.
- The house was built in 1986 and has regular ‘W’ type frames supporting the roof and ceilings, spaced every 600 mm.
- The house is approx 7.5 m front to back. There are no load bearing walls upstairs, just regular stud work.
- The rafters are 32 mm x 70 mm.
- The reach between the lower points of the ‘W’ is 2.1 m.
- There is a water tank on a shelf in the loft above the tank cupboard.
I had hoped I could board the area near the loft hach up to the wall which if you look left once in the hatch is 3 W's to the wall. I was then going to do one board the other side, giving approx 2.4m worth of floor space.
If I want to store some heavy stuff how should I go about strenghtening the floor, can I simply sister up the current rafters with some additional wood using some nuts and bolts? If so, hat type are best?
- Does the sistered wood have to run the full length of the house (front to back) or can I put it up in parts?
thanks for any help. Ive had a look around the web but can't find any guidance on how to do this specifically.
Wonder if you can help?
I'm about to board a small part of my loft, having bought 5 packs of tongue and groove board from my local DIY store (chipboard)
I intended to use the area to store some old books and magazines, and therefore want to improve/strenghten the joists/rafters before doing so.
- The house was built in 1986 and has regular ‘W’ type frames supporting the roof and ceilings, spaced every 600 mm.
- The house is approx 7.5 m front to back. There are no load bearing walls upstairs, just regular stud work.
- The rafters are 32 mm x 70 mm.
- The reach between the lower points of the ‘W’ is 2.1 m.
- There is a water tank on a shelf in the loft above the tank cupboard.
I had hoped I could board the area near the loft hach up to the wall which if you look left once in the hatch is 3 W's to the wall. I was then going to do one board the other side, giving approx 2.4m worth of floor space.
If I want to store some heavy stuff how should I go about strenghtening the floor, can I simply sister up the current rafters with some additional wood using some nuts and bolts? If so, hat type are best?
- Does the sistered wood have to run the full length of the house (front to back) or can I put it up in parts?
thanks for any help. Ive had a look around the web but can't find any guidance on how to do this specifically.