Truss Roof Double Garage - Loft Conversion
Truss Roof Double Garage - Loft Conversion
I have a 7m x 6m double garage with a roof constructed using prefabricated roof trusses (like most new builds do) and want to board the loft area with 18mm T&G chipboard, so that I can build racking up there for storage, and free up the 'downstairs' area to use as a workshop and man cave. It doesn't take much research to work out that the bottom chords of these trusses are insufficient to carry the load of my requirements, so I have been considering running 8x2 joists in parallel with the...
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by brennan2470
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Truss Roof Double Garage - Loft Conversion
I have a 7m x 6m double garage with a roof constructed using prefabricated roof trusses (like most new builds do) and want to board the loft area with 18mm T&G chipboard, so that I can build racking up there for storage, and free up the 'downstairs' area to use as a workshop and man cave. It doesn't take much research to work out that the bottom chords of these trusses are insufficient to carry the load of my requirements, so I have been considering running 8x2 joists in parallel with the...
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by brennan2470
This has been automatically posted in the DIYNot Forum on DIY Talk. The new DIY Forum