How to put a floor in the loft?

Ectophile

I used Wickes chipboard boards. They were cheaper than the B&Q ones when I did it.

Depending on the layout of your loft, you may find yourself doing a lot of sawing to get the boards to fit around the beams.

To fix them, I drilled pilot holes through the board, then screwed them down.

southcoastrgi

the joists in the loft are ceiling joists ie just to hold up the ceiling below, so there shouldn't be any cables or pipes drilled through them they aren't normally big enough to drill

cyclonebri1

southcoastrgi wrote: »

the joists in the loft are ceiling joists ie just to hold up the ceiling below, so there shouldn't be any cables or pipes drilled through them they aren't normally big enough to drill

echo above, the cables or pipes will most likely just run across the top of the joists, (if thgere are any), don't be tempted to notch them in, you are adding extra weight so certainly don't want to weaken them

Kiran

27col wrote: »

You use the Mk1 eyeball!

lol, nice. Can you send me the screwfix catalogue number for one of these

If you are using T&G boards, as others have said, mo need to fix them down in fact you'll probably be happy you didn't one day.

Jamie_Carter

southcoastrgi wrote: »

the joists in the loft are ceiling joists ie just to hold up the ceiling below, so there shouldn't be any cables or pipes drilled through them they aren't normally big enough to drill

There shouldn't be, but some people do, so it is worth checking.