Strengthening Loft Floor For Storage

Strengthening attic joists for live loads by sistering.

Strengthening loft floor for storage.

We specialise in all types of loft installations including loft ladders new and enlarged hatch openings loft flooring loft insulation lights loft storage rooms. First off basic floor plan of the loft. 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. If the attic joists are not adequate one way to strengthen the floor for live loads is to sister the old joists.

How to ess your attic storage potential. The more storage space your home has to offer the more value is added to you home. Total loft dimensions are 5 2m left to right 7m front to back. A trussed roof has a lot of extra support via the web timber frame work the criss cross timber frames in your roof usually the ceiling joists are part of the actually trussed roof frame so they are already very strong and never really require any added support if the new storage floor system being added is designed to distribute the weight evenly.

Adding storage space doesn t increase the value of your home it most certainly does. Loft boarding can increase the floor space in your home by up to 50 and using a fitted loft ladder will offer a safe and easily accessible storage space. The loftman company is among the longest established companies in this industry and regarded as the leading loft specialist in the u k the loftman company is a midland based family run business with twenty five years in the making. Sistering is the process of adding a new joist next to each existing joist.