Loft Bracing

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Not sure if anyone here will be able to help here but I'm looking to boost the insulation in my loft and board it out properly. Some of it is already boarded but the insulation isn't thick enough, so i'm getting loftlegs and sorting it out. Now that bit i'm fine with but there is some bracing that is going to get right in the way while i'm doing it.

Braces in the way marked in red

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Any ideas if its ok to remove these temporarily, although preferably if they aren't actually serving any purpose removed permanantly? Either that or if they have to stay, a way I can brace them elsewhere to achieve the same result as it stands now.
 
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They aren't usually very well attached. I've always assumed they were put there to keep everything in place prior to tiling and do little for the overall structure.
 
bremen1874 said:
They aren't usually very well attached. I've always assumed they were put there to keep everything in place prior to tiling and do little for the overall structure.
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They aren't really, just a few nails holding them there. But that said I don't fancy the roof crashing down in a few years time because i have removed them and shouldn't have :o
 
With the weight of the tiles pushing down I'd challenge you move one of those roof frames even with all of the bracing removed.

It shouldn't take much to remove them and reattach them a bit higher up so they're out of the way.

There's other triangulation in there that's also tying everything together.
 
Those cross brace are to stop the roof tilting sideways - if you imaging a long roof with gable at each end it stops trusses tilting either way sideways -

Years ago when working in Telford I scrounged tons of roof lathes so asked what they were doing and it seems strong winds on gable can cause it - They had to cross brace every roof on Telford council houses.

If that was mine I would take them off and replace from top center to each side but not quite to bottom of end trusses. Looking at picture those don't look like gable ends. That will give you more head room but still be half braced - if you follow me.
 
DXP55 said:
Those cross brace are to stop the roof tilting sideways - if you imaging a long roof with gable at each end it stops trusses tilting either way sideways -

Years ago when working in Telford I scrounged tons of roof lathes so asked what they were doing and it seems strong winds on gable can cause it - They had to cross brace every roof on Telford council houses.

If that was mine I would take them off and replace from top center to each side but not quite to bottom of end trusses. Looking at picture those don't look like gable ends. That will give you more head room but still be half braced - if you follow me.
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Makes sense as the wall on the right hand side is a gable end. What a pain, looks like my new loft ladder plans might have to change as well then :( I would picture the rest of it but it seems Santa has left a lot of presents to be wrapped up there so its a bit of a mess :p
 
The builder has done you a massive favour by making it much harder to store tons and tons of useless junk that you really should throw away in your loft space. You will be grateful should you ever move and your children will be grateful should you pass away leaving them to clear the place :)
 
a1ex2001 said:
The builder has done you a massive favour by making it much harder to store tons and tons of useless junk that you really should throw away in your loft space. You will be grateful should you ever move and your children will be grateful should you pass away leaving them to clear the place :)
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haha so true
 
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