loft conversion

Should the walls with circles be shown as internal walls? The vertical walls will act as cheeks and will rest on the rafter trimmers The wall circled should be detailed as an internal partition wall. The vertical walls will serve as (cheeks) and will sit directly on the rafter trimmers. No wall...

Hi, just wondering what would be better. I want to reroute the hot water tank in the loft when it gets converted. This part will be studded off the load bearing wall but want the eaves to store the tank etc. Blue line has a load bearing wall beneath Red line- assumed doubled up 8x2 with...

I am planning to have new engineered oak flooring installed throughout my duplex apartment in about 6 week's time, including the staircase and upstairs landing. I also just got approval for a loft conversion to go ahead. I'm worried that the new wood flooring would get damaged when doing the...

Hi, was hoping for some advice We are in a 1930s semi which has always struggled a bit with moisture and is very prone to mould forming. We are currently having a loft conversion done and it prompted me to think about solutions. Once seems to be PIV however we are obviously losing the majority...

I’ve attached a drawing to show the existing, temporary and final diagrams to help show the question. The structural engineer has designed our loft with 2 floor steels and a ridge steel. The installation of the first floor steel (beam A) is simple, as nothing needs to be removed to install it...

Hello I have recently recovered a flat roof dormer with Sika Sarnafil here is my video covering the project has anyone else used this product before ? Loft Dormer Flat Roofing Don’t Worry We Are Professionals Sorry about the title couldn’t think of anything

Chimney breast/loft conversion We have a 1930s semi in London, UK and are looking to do a loft conversion. If possible we want to remove the chimney breast in the loft space to provide greater width to the new master bedroom. We have received these plans from the structural engineer...

Hello, I'm just wondering how to tell if the joists in your loft are strong enough, whether just for storage or to use as a regular room? I'm partly asking because we would like to eventually board the loft void above the rear part of our Edwardian house to use for storage, after insulating...

I'm not sure how to describe this quickly (sorry): We had a lot conversion done. After a time (quite a long time - don't remember how long exactly) a number of holes popped out - where the plaster board was screwed into the rafters. I assumed this was fairly 'normal' settling of the new...

Hi, We got a company to do a hip-to-gable loft conversion on our end of terrace house. We have an option of 3 types of gable wall finish/construction 1. timber construction with render - not sure how this works typically. Is it a board that is attached to timber structure that the render is...

Hi all, I am planning to do a loft conversion dimensions are 9m gable to gable and 7m wall plate to wall plate. I got a quote for just under 14k for telebeams. Looks a good system. But it is costly. I am wondering if steel spanning gable to gable will be cost effective or if the size of the...

Hi everyone, I'm seeking advice regarding a dispute I'm having with my architect. I enlisted their services to create a plan for a dormer loft conversion on my 2-bedroom house. The project was divided into two stages: designing the rooms and roof, which went smoothly, and producing the...

Hi all, Really hoping you can help with a problem with the roof of my newly converted loft. I had a torrid time with the build (over budget, overran, had to do loads myself) but it has been generally finished and has been signed off by building control. The loft conversion is a full width flat...

Hi all, I'm in the process of refurbishing my loft conversion which is really dated (no idea when it was built). I've removed the existing plasterboard walls and ceilings, removed the mineral wool insulation (in some areas there was barely any), and stripped it back to the exposed rafters...

Hi All, I would like do to a semi-conversion of my loft to use it as an office space/man cave (tv, desk, etc.) and to store some boxes, and as any house owner does sooner or later, I worry that the ceiling will sooner or later come down for the weight (or worst, I will come down with the...

I just moved in a 4 bed 3 bath 80s built house which doesn't look like anything has been done to it since it was built. I have been reading about heating systems and think I have a vented system with regular boiler. There are 2 tanks in the loft which look like a large cold and small header. The...

I'm looking to convert our loft in our grade II listed property. My main concerns are around maintaining ventilation and finding an insulation solution. The loft floor has already been boarded up using loft boards, and they have used 100 mm of wool insulation beneath. There is not enough head...

Hello, hoping someone can help please. I saw on another forum (old thread therefore not getting a response) about the following regarding floor joists in a loft conversion - “I gain 4 inches of head height by using the existing 4 inch floor joists (instead of new 8 inch joists as is the normal...

Hello, We've planing permision for a loft conversion and extension. It's complicated by the fact we are not clear that we want the extension part (or at least all of ir) (lose to much outside space) and that we are not happy with the proposed floor plan. (the plans came with the house, we...

Hi there, Link to images https://imgur.com/a/HTqoKSX We are looking at a terrace house that has had 6 walls removed across the first and second floor as well as a chimney stack removed. All building regs have been approved but I can't work out what's going on here. I assume the purlin used to...