Removing loft beams

[kp00110]

Just table it out, so you have a nice waist high platform to slide all your junk into and out from. The costs to change any of that structure for storage would be crazy and you would end up doing damage to ceiling etc.

 

[fixitflav]

Dont touch a trussed roof, all the components are part of a
an overall structural design.

Blup

Quite. The members wouldn't be there if the designers didn't think they were taking a load. They try to use as little timber as possible, not as much.

 

[robinbanks]

Echo kp00110 and noseall's comments - board out the area you've drawn a dotty line around; plenty storage space and an easy task

 

[catlad]

Not seen many more unsuitable to alter than yours!

 

[noseall]

Echo kp00110's comment - board out the area you've drawn a dotty line around; plenty storage space and an easy task

Who's comment...

Why don't you try and make use of the space above the box trusses? The timber 4" x 1" is bracing and is important. If you were to make a raised platform, you could plyboard this section and do away with the top bracings as long as the ply is secured to the girder truss.