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Default Converting a loft into a new room, Bit By Bit


GarryNutter wrote:
My house was built in the 80,s by Winpeys. It has the common Flink
Trusses.

The span front to back is 8M there are 8 trusess across the house
spanning 4.5M.
Im looking to convert the loft into a habitable room over a longish
period of time as money permits.

What im looking for is the stages you need to go through to remove the
spars of the trusses.


My sister had this done and they basically built a whole new roof
structure out of very substiantial timbers paralle to the trusses and
tied to new timbers and steels in the floor. Only then were the old
trusses removed.

MBQ