I want to board out the loft, it's a Victorian house built in 1853 & has original cross members. I only want it for storage but short of standing on the beams and not falling through the ceiling how do I know if its safe & will take boards & weight?
Our house built in 1860s had the same construction supported by lathe and plaster walls, solid as a rock. I have more confidence in loading it up (within reason) than I would most modern houses.
I am not a structural engineer.
Is your roof standing ?
I mean you don't get wet when it rains, you can't see stars at night?
Oh it is !!
Good
Crack on then
🙂
Pull Dustin Hoffmans teeth out?
ah but you have to be Laurence Olivier to do that
It's obvious.....send the misses up to bounce on the joists first, if she don't fall through you will be fine, if she does you can claim on the house insurance stating that your misses made the ceilings and roof collapse, you will still be find until she's out of hospital 😆
Pull Dustin Hoffmans teeth out
i suddenly fancy a snickers bar
OT. I know, but have you seen how small they are these days, more like a snick.
back on topic. see what I did there ?
anyway... the joists holding my upstairs ceiling up are 3in x 2in with the vertical being 3in (75mm x 50mm or thereabouts for the metric inclined among us).
Is it safe? (see above) safe to board this or do I need some deeper joists?
Depends on the span but many lofts should be able to withstand 25kg/m2