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joeflaherty

I think I've actually made a small error on the plans. I've checked the surveyed plans for the existing loft and it shows a floor to ceiling height of 2,286mm. Having spoken with the SE - there needs to be a 15mm void above the existing floor. The 152mm RSJ then goes on top with the 175mm joists not...

joeflaherty

A guy on another forum has come up with a potential solution which would be to notch the new 175mm floor joists at the bottom to fit into the steels, which would then give c. 65mm of clearance above the existing floor. The new joists would run alongside the old ones. The height is potentially an iss...

joeflaherty

The joists would normally go between the steel, over the top of the existing ceilings/joists but not in contact with them. Thanks HTG. The plans show a minimum gap of 15mm between the new steels and joists and the existing floor. I assume that this is so that the new floor is structurally independe...

joeflaherty

Hi all, I have a bit of a conundrum regarding our loft conversion and we're getting conflicting advice from different builders who are quoting for the job so I hope that you fine folk can help! We're planning on converting our loft and have had the structural plans and calculations done. The plans s...

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