Weird structure in loft

[ro63rto]

A friend has visited a property he likes but when he went into the loft he saw what could only be described as a second set of joists roughly 1.5 feet above the original with beams running up to the roof beams and a column at the gable end. No one seems to know (or want to say) why.

Is there someone in the council he could contact for a record of this work (if it was done legally)?

 

[Thermo]

did it run the entire length of the loft? if not may have been a cold water tank stollage

 

[ro63rto]

did it run the entire length of the loft? if not may have been a cold water tank stollage

apparently all over.

 

[jbonding]

my mates just finished his extension and if you looked in his loft its the same, the reason his is like this is the first roof wasnt passed by the inspector because the roof would spread the walls or something along them lines so he had to drop it lower to tie all the walls together this might be the reason or it could be something else.

 

[ro63rto]

my mates just finished his extension and if you looked in his loft its the same, the reason his is like this is the first roof wasnt passed by the inspector because the roof would spread the walls or something along them lines so he had to drop it lower to tie all the walls together this might be the reason or it could be something else.

Thanks. That's what we were thinking but neither the present owners (wood still looks new ) seem to know anything about it nor were they told by the previous owners. Something to worry about? He doesn't want to spend money on a survey only to find it's a problem.

Would any documents/certificates exist to confirm it conforms to building regs?

 

[Hitachimad]

You could build a nice model railway on them

 

[TexMex]

If it's a recent mod, it should come out on your search. Mention it to your solicitors. You could even call the local BCO yourself to make a casual enquiry.

 

[bathjobby]

If all that fails and;

He doesn't want to spend money on a survey only to find it's a problem.

Ask the seller to do this, if they aren't prepared to do so, walk away.