Evening all
Advice needed please for loft conversion. It's a mid terrace and the wall/head height is restricted by the roof we share with our neighbours. Unfortunately we are looking at 1.8m which is not great We are therefore looking at every opportunity to maximise this dimension as long as it is safe and complies with building regs.
So, rather than put chipboard down first and oak on top, can we
Q1. Forget the chipboard and fix 20mm oak boards directly on to joists (which are 30-35cm apart)? Can the board be engineered or plank only?
Q2. Convention says the oak boards should be fixed perpendicular to the joists, however is the following possible to allow the oak boards to be fixed parallel to the joists? For example by:
a) Fitting 22mm flooring between joists which is screwed on to 1" or 2" battens which themselves are screwed into the joists creating a "flush" level floor.
or
b) Fixing extra pieces of 6" joist in between the longer joists (using 90deg metal brackets), creating a type of grid pattern, on to which the oak planks can be fixed.
Are these construction techniques permitted?
Thanks
Advice needed please for loft conversion. It's a mid terrace and the wall/head height is restricted by the roof we share with our neighbours. Unfortunately we are looking at 1.8m which is not great We are therefore looking at every opportunity to maximise this dimension as long as it is safe and complies with building regs.
So, rather than put chipboard down first and oak on top, can we
Q1. Forget the chipboard and fix 20mm oak boards directly on to joists (which are 30-35cm apart)? Can the board be engineered or plank only?
Q2. Convention says the oak boards should be fixed perpendicular to the joists, however is the following possible to allow the oak boards to be fixed parallel to the joists? For example by:
a) Fitting 22mm flooring between joists which is screwed on to 1" or 2" battens which themselves are screwed into the joists creating a "flush" level floor.
or
b) Fixing extra pieces of 6" joist in between the longer joists (using 90deg metal brackets), creating a type of grid pattern, on to which the oak planks can be fixed.
Are these construction techniques permitted?
Thanks