Making Loft Floor Stronger

The joist in my loft is 35mm by 100mm.

Making loft floor stronger.

Flooring your attic is the best way to add space to your home at a low cost. Learn everything you need to know about the spacing of floor joists with this helpful guide that discusses wood species lumber grade load and more. Attached are some pictures of the loft and the floor. Learn how to build attic flooring on top of existing joists.

Brick block marsonary and concrete. The only time i d want to bend them was if they were measured and found to be out of spec this does happen and irons can change over time or if i had large or uneven yardage gaps that i wanted to close up. By learning how to board a loft you can not only drastically increase the storage potential of your loft but also make it safer and more stable to move around in. Want to make loft floor stronger for lots of storage.

I know joists at moment are just for ceiling and can be boarded for storage and light foot traffic. First off basic floor plan of the loft. Will be insulating and boarding all round just. I would however like to make the floor stronger and in line with the current building regulations.

The money may turn up one day and as such the floor would already be done. However i am not going for the full on loft conversion i dont have the money or a suitable space to put a staircase. Hard lines are the walls on the first floor underneath joists on the first floor landing run left to right so does that mean the central wall running front to back is load bearing. Hello mildred the loft floor as it is is not substansial to carry any severe weight as the ceiling joists are only purely to hold the bedroom ceilings up.

I have bought 1220x325x18mm loft panels. The gap between two joists spans 560mm.