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Matthew Durkin wrote:
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!

Am planning to hang my new loft floor from the wall plate (3"x4" timber
that the current ceiling joists and roof rafters sit on) at the cost of
some first floor ceiling height. This gives me an extra 3" and still
2.35m of head room below. You could hang your new joists lower. I'm using
9"x2" joists but you could use 8"x2" - an extra 1" saving there!
Neil