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"Matthew Durkin" wrote in message
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Hi All,
I have wondered for a while about convering our attic space into
something
useful - the usual, add a dorma on the back and roof windows on the
front.
In terms of floorspace it's pretty good (we have a 1900 terrace so the
loft
covers most of the rooms below), but the roof is quite shallow, and at
its
highest point is only about 5'11''.
Are there any options here? Can we even do a conversion on a roof this
low?
Could we extend the roof height?
Any advice much appreciated. I started a new thread as the other loft
conversion one was a bit different!
Thanks,
Matt


"Chris O" wrote in message
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We lowered the ceilings in the rooms below - was a bit messy but turned
out
OK - wasn't that expensive to do except it left me with a lot of
redecorating - gave us a loft room with max headroom just over 2m and
rooms
below reduced to about 2.15m

HTH

Chris O

Hi,

I almost wish they had done that when we had our loft conversion done a
couple of years ago. We had an ample loft height (modern mid 80s property)
but unfortunately they (Econoloft) squandered this by changing the design
and making the new floor about 6 inches higher than we had agreed. Bit late
for us but your solution sounds like a very interesting idea. As you say, it
sounds a bit messy, but, based on our experience, after a loft conversion
you'd typically be looking at re doing up most of the 1st floor anyway.

Good luck!

Regards,

Simon.