Hi everyone,
I'm going to be doing a loft conversion soon. I'm in very early stages, chatted with a Structural Engineer briefly. He's had a quick look at my plans and made a suggestion about the structure and costs. I'm now beginning to finalise my drawings which I'm going to send to him again.
The joist hangers and new joists would effectively replace the existing ceiling joist area in first floor. I've done something in the design which I don't know is acceptable. I've used both a joist hanger and also rested the joist on the wall plate - to me that makes sense... but who knows?
Anyway, what I want to know is, where exactly can/should the joist hangers get attached to? The wall plate? Or underneath the wallplate? Or in between the top two courses of brick? Which type of joist hanger would I use? How do you know which one to use?
Not being a structural engineer, I see a very simple approach; Simply wrap a timber joist hanger over the wall plate. Is this the way it would be done? Is this ok to do or would I have to use masonry joist hangers for this?
I'm going to be doing a loft conversion soon. I'm in very early stages, chatted with a Structural Engineer briefly. He's had a quick look at my plans and made a suggestion about the structure and costs. I'm now beginning to finalise my drawings which I'm going to send to him again.
The joist hangers and new joists would effectively replace the existing ceiling joist area in first floor. I've done something in the design which I don't know is acceptable. I've used both a joist hanger and also rested the joist on the wall plate - to me that makes sense... but who knows?
Anyway, what I want to know is, where exactly can/should the joist hangers get attached to? The wall plate? Or underneath the wallplate? Or in between the top two courses of brick? Which type of joist hanger would I use? How do you know which one to use?
Not being a structural engineer, I see a very simple approach; Simply wrap a timber joist hanger over the wall plate. Is this the way it would be done? Is this ok to do or would I have to use masonry joist hangers for this?