"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Chris Styles wrote:

Can anyone see any snags with this? Obviously I want to do the load
bearing floor such that when I do the loft conversion for real, it is
suitable, so any suggestions appreciated.

Sounds reasonable enough... you may have to do something slightly "non
final" at the loft hatch otherwise you may find yourself with a joist
flying right over the opening making access difficult.

Depending on your loft hatch you may well find getting long beams into the
loft space impossible without making some form of access hole through the
side of the roof. Having at a minimum some scaffolding tower in front of
this would be a good idea. Next time I do one I would also put a jib on
the top of the scaffold and add an electric winch!

Think about where you may need dwarf walls, or other supporting structures
since you will need to size the joists to carry these point loads as well
and not just the uniform distributed floor loads.

See if there is anything else on my floor construction page that helps:

http://www.internode.co.uk/loft/floor.htm

Thanks John.

I had a good look at your site before (after my last loft-conversion
posting), and it is an inspiration and damn scary all at the same time :-)

Cheers,
Chris