Hi,
I have looked for answers for this but can't find a definitive one for my circumstances. I'm looking to install tongue and groove boards in my loft to create extra storage space in our flat and am looking for some advice. The storage will be for everything from books to bags and even a couple of bits of small furniture.
We live in a St James new build flat which is on the second floor of a timber framed block of nine flats. The flat is on one end of the building, however the area I will be flooring only touches one edge of the building as there are beams (trusses?) in the way for me to be able to floor the whole area.
Being a new build the loft has extra insulation and I need to keep this. I intend on purchasing loft flooring legs and placing these on the joists, then laying the tongue and groove length ways across the joists (although obviously raised up by the legs).
Is this an acceptable way of flooring the loft in my case? Will the trusses be able to support the weight of tongue and groove as well as the things being put in storage?
An alternative I was considering was pulling up the second layer of insulation, then laying joists at right angles to the current joists, filling the gaps with the insulation, then laying the tongue and groove on top of this. Would this be a better or worse idea?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob
I have looked for answers for this but can't find a definitive one for my circumstances. I'm looking to install tongue and groove boards in my loft to create extra storage space in our flat and am looking for some advice. The storage will be for everything from books to bags and even a couple of bits of small furniture.
We live in a St James new build flat which is on the second floor of a timber framed block of nine flats. The flat is on one end of the building, however the area I will be flooring only touches one edge of the building as there are beams (trusses?) in the way for me to be able to floor the whole area.
Being a new build the loft has extra insulation and I need to keep this. I intend on purchasing loft flooring legs and placing these on the joists, then laying the tongue and groove length ways across the joists (although obviously raised up by the legs).
Is this an acceptable way of flooring the loft in my case? Will the trusses be able to support the weight of tongue and groove as well as the things being put in storage?
An alternative I was considering was pulling up the second layer of insulation, then laying joists at right angles to the current joists, filling the gaps with the insulation, then laying the tongue and groove on top of this. Would this be a better or worse idea?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Rob