Hi there
I'm partway through a loft rebuild with a company over to do the work. We're talking ripping off the whole roof and rebuilding it to provide more headroom for an extension.
Broadly I'm really happy with the crew onsite. They seem to know what they're doing and are considerate builders. But I need to sanity check a couple of things.
Firstly, they are connecting the new timber to some of the original eaves (in the front of the house only - where the roof pitch isn't changing). In some cases leaving about a meter of the old joists. Is that normal? I was thinking for some reason they'd remove the eaves joists all the way down, but they say the existing joists are fine, that there's no difference in strength etc.
Secondly, the onsite builders weren't expecting to replace the soffits. I was pretty sure this was in the quote, and remember discussing it with the sales guy, but it turns out that soffits aren't mentioned in the contract. Is this normal? I'd expect the soffits to be replaced if the whole roof is being removed.
In the under-eave storage areas, they are planning to lay chipboard along the existing ceiling joists to offer more height within this storage area. They don't want to board up the inside of the eaves along the roof in the storage area because of airflow. They're planning on airflow to travel from the storage area up into the ceiling etc over the main room. I've asked them to work on the airflow problem and board it because I want insulation (I don't want cold air leaking through the hatches in the dwarf wall) and I also want a neat job in the storage area. Does this seem reasonable?
Any advice very welcome! Thanks!
I'm partway through a loft rebuild with a company over to do the work. We're talking ripping off the whole roof and rebuilding it to provide more headroom for an extension.
Broadly I'm really happy with the crew onsite. They seem to know what they're doing and are considerate builders. But I need to sanity check a couple of things.
Firstly, they are connecting the new timber to some of the original eaves (in the front of the house only - where the roof pitch isn't changing). In some cases leaving about a meter of the old joists. Is that normal? I was thinking for some reason they'd remove the eaves joists all the way down, but they say the existing joists are fine, that there's no difference in strength etc.
Secondly, the onsite builders weren't expecting to replace the soffits. I was pretty sure this was in the quote, and remember discussing it with the sales guy, but it turns out that soffits aren't mentioned in the contract. Is this normal? I'd expect the soffits to be replaced if the whole roof is being removed.
In the under-eave storage areas, they are planning to lay chipboard along the existing ceiling joists to offer more height within this storage area. They don't want to board up the inside of the eaves along the roof in the storage area because of airflow. They're planning on airflow to travel from the storage area up into the ceiling etc over the main room. I've asked them to work on the airflow problem and board it because I want insulation (I don't want cold air leaking through the hatches in the dwarf wall) and I also want a neat job in the storage area. Does this seem reasonable?
Any advice very welcome! Thanks!