Boarding-out a loft
 

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Boarding-out a loft

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Or, more accurately, partially boarding-out a loft. It's not worth going right over to the eaves, as the roof pitch is quite shallow and it's wasted effort.
I have a plan to board the main/central part of the loft for storage, with 18mm tongued & grooved OSB panels supported on loft legs, and some more insulation below the panels. Now, it's a bit of a given that the legs need to be screwed down to the joists at suitable spacing. But am I right in thinking that the boards need to be fixed down onto the legs too? (I strongly suspect the answer is Yes, but just in case I'm being a bit of a daftie, would someone confirm that's correct please?)
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Posted : 07/11/2023 4:14 pm
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Yes. Screw.


 
Posted : 07/11/2023 4:42 pm
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Just done similar. I could possibly have got away without fixing boards to legs as my boards butt up well to the eaves...but I still put the odd screw in to keep it all well fixed.

In short, yes. Not the 4/leg that they suggest though, one will be fine imo.


 
Posted : 07/11/2023 5:11 pm
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Yes, otherwise the boards could slip out of place and you could end up falling through the ceiling!


 
Posted : 07/11/2023 5:13 pm
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yeah the legs are plastic and a short woodscrew will go straight through the board, into the leg, holding it nice and securely.

You could probably get away without doing it, but for the sake of £5 in screws and 15 minutes with an impact driver, its not worth not doing it


 
Posted : 07/11/2023 5:16 pm
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Great, thanks all, exactly what I suspected.


 
Posted : 07/11/2023 5:26 pm

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