Right, the blog is now back online after quite a bit of time off. Lots of the time off was spent preparing for the next project, which is probably the biggest project i've ever undertaken. So, here goes, 2015/16 will be the year of the loft conversion and i'll keep the blog updated to show you the progress made and some of the technical stuff required along the way.
Fortunately the shape of the trusses already provided for the basic shape for the planned bedroom and en-suite and didn't require any alterations to the roof trusses other than the strengthening of the joists (more about that later) and the fitting of ridiculousy sized steel universal beams to carry the weight of the floor (i'll have a right good moan about that later).
As you can see, the children of the former owner(s) must have used this as a den/hangout at some point in the past. By a strange coincidence i recognised one of the names and when i spoke to the woman she confirmed that she had stayed across the road from this house, had been friends with the girl who lived here and that they often hung out in the loft.
This is the area between the collars and the ridge of the roof looking towards the party wall and chimneybreast which seperates my neighbour and I.
So, that's my loft in it's current state, but it won't stay that way for long!
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