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Odd question.
I want to bored out the loft for light storage (christmas trees, Christmas decks, duvets, MAYBE one or two boxes of old ornaments etc.). However, it would seem that we don't have ANY internal supporting walls. I've read online that you can't bored out the loft (yourself) when there aren't any supporting walls and you need a builder to come in and strength the ceiling joists.. Is this true? I spoke to a person at Wickes and they said it 'should' be okay as long as you use stilts and it doesn't push the insolation down onto the ceiling bords.. but that didn't really answer my question..
How can i tell it's safe to bored it out up there? The people who lived here before us 'bored' it out using old melamine boards and.. yeahhhh... I don't feel safe walking on them lol. I'm somewhat DIY savy and I have helped a friend bored theirs out YEARS back and it went fine. They were just replacing the boards though. Somebody has suggested getting a builder out to answer the question BUT im hoping theres a way to tell myself as it would save a few hundred.
I want to bored out the loft for light storage (christmas trees, Christmas decks, duvets, MAYBE one or two boxes of old ornaments etc.). However, it would seem that we don't have ANY internal supporting walls. I've read online that you can't bored out the loft (yourself) when there aren't any supporting walls and you need a builder to come in and strength the ceiling joists.. Is this true? I spoke to a person at Wickes and they said it 'should' be okay as long as you use stilts and it doesn't push the insolation down onto the ceiling bords.. but that didn't really answer my question..
How can i tell it's safe to bored it out up there? The people who lived here before us 'bored' it out using old melamine boards and.. yeahhhh... I don't feel safe walking on them lol. I'm somewhat DIY savy and I have helped a friend bored theirs out YEARS back and it went fine. They were just replacing the boards though. Somebody has suggested getting a builder out to answer the question BUT im hoping theres a way to tell myself as it would save a few hundred.