collar tie

Hi all, I'm looking for some advice on moving some beam in my loft to make the space a little more useable. It lends itself to a loft conversion but is cost prohibitive at present. It's a 1930s roof which we are having replaced due to leaks and dust. The loft has beams across every rafter 4.5m...

Hi, I have collar ties on my loft with a decent amount of space above so was hoping I could board them and use for light to medium weight storage. Is this ok? I don’t want to risk putting weight where it shouldn’t be. There’s also 2 thin strips of wood joining the tops of the collar ties, o...

A2AADDC9-F052-4A7D-BC20-DDA7E02E388E by Matty2000uk posted 2 Sep 2021 at 8:53 PM Is it possible to put loft boards on the area shown in the picture? Won’t have anything heavy on it mostly boxed of baby clothes and the odd box of light electricals. There’s currently 2 thin strips of wood running...

Hi All, Had a water tank problem and while fixing it, noticed that one of the collar ties in our loft has a proper bend in it. The house is a 1990's new build and is at the end of a row, so the roof slopes at the front, back and at one side. Roughly half way across the loft space is a post...