Garage loft boards and NHBC warranty

MatthewC1976

We moved into a new build last year and as with most new builds... there's absolutely NO cupboards to store things in.   I have a garage which has a pitch roof so I'm thinking of putting some loft boards on to the trusses and use that as storage.    The only thing that's stopping me is the risk that daring to do this to my own property will invalidate our NHBC warranty.  

I can understand the cop-out that the builders might be able to use about putting up loft boards in the roofspace of the of the house itself (because of thermal values etc) but the  garage !?!?!    

My main question would be...... will it only void the warranty on just the garage or will it void the entire warranty across the whole property?

Hasbeen

MatthewC1976 said:

We moved into a new build last year and as with most new builds... there's absolutely NO cupboards to store things in.   I have a garage which has a pitch roof so I'm thinking of putting some loft boards on to the trusses and use that as storage.    The only thing that's stopping me is the risk that daring to do this to my own property will invalidate our NHBC warranty.  

I can understand the cop-out that the builders might be able to use about putting up loft boards in the roofspace of the of the house itself (because of thermal values etc) but the  garage !?!?!    

My main question would be...... will it only void the warranty on just the garage or will it void the entire warranty across the whole property?

Why do you not do the same as most buyers of new build properties and use the garage for storage? Most are to small to get a car in anyway. Majority of new builds have cars parked in drive.
 Garages full to the brim. LOL

If you are boarding garage trusses with the intention of moving heavy furniture up there and living in it, that would be no as the very unsubstantial trusses would not take the weight.

If it for a few cardboard boxes of stuff then I would say ok.   

Some one else here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5653606/boarding-garage-loft-for-storage

RelievedSheff

Hasbeen said:

MatthewC1976 said:

We moved into a new build last year and as with most new builds... there's absolutely NO cupboards to store things in.   I have a garage which has a pitch roof so I'm thinking of putting some loft boards on to the trusses and use that as storage.    The only thing that's stopping me is the risk that daring to do this to my own property will invalidate our NHBC warranty.  

I can understand the cop-out that the builders might be able to use about putting up loft boards in the roofspace of the of the house itself (because of thermal values etc) but the  garage !?!?!    

My main question would be...... will it only void the warranty on just the garage or will it void the entire warranty across the whole property?

Why do you not do the same as most buyers of new build properties and use the garage for storage? Most are to small to get a car in anyway. Majority of new builds have cars parked in drive.
 Garages full to the brim. LOL

If you are boarding garage trusses with the intention of moving heavy furniture up there and living in it, that would be no as the very unsubstantial trusses would not take the weight.

If it for a few cardboard boxes of stuff then I would say ok.   

Some one else here:

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5653606/boarding-garage-loft-for-storage

We moved into our new build last year and have a classic car that is stored in the garage. Certainly not every new build owner stores junk in their garage!

I would personally not put any boards up there until the warranty is expired. As you already seem to be aware the developers and NHBC will use any excuse not to pay out on a warranty claim.

Perhaps having a clear out of clutter and unwanted items would be a better approach?