"geoff" wrote in message
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I kept the space and simply painted the boarding and joists in white.
You can then easily see any grot up there, but more to the point the
space is not wasted. You have about 250mm of height there which
could be used for storage, fitting lights,

Hanging motorbikes ...

Ladders, push bikes, lengths of timber - anything really.

Mary

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geoff