loft conversion

Dan83

randomi15 wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I saw a house which the loft was quite spacious but I keep hearing the term of loft convesion.

The loft was V shaped and had a decent size inside.

Part of me thinks all that needs to be done is to include a window and plaster board around the roof and light.

That is all right ?

Why would one pay 40k for a conversion ?


also do you think big national home improvement companies such as anglian home improvements are better or local ?

I am afraid of local cowboys.

I have seen the cowboy builders and scared of trusting anyone that is not part of a huge firm.

Thanks

I've done what you have discribbed in my loft.

My loft is done for storage only, I wouldn't dream of putting my child up there.

Basically all insulation out, screwed 2x2 to all the joists and put 100mm insulation down, then board over. The 2x2 lifted the floor enough as not to compress the insulation.

My partners father is a builder and does stuff like this all the time, he fitted 2 roof lights for us.

I then insulated the roof and put some lights up there.

I wired the lights up to a plug socket so I didn't leave them on and not relise for 6 months.

Walking around up there, you can feel the floor flex as you step, the flex of the floor is slways in the back of my mind when I put something up there of any weight.

For the relatively little out lay, the store age space is great.

I done my loft while I was changing upstairs ceilings, so getting the big sheets up there was no problem. I'd imagine it to be a lot more painful on the knee's if you had to do it with them small loft boards. I plan on putting a new hatch with some proper ladders in the future.