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Loft Conversion

How far can a ceiling be dropped to make room in the loft for conversion?

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 3.15 PM

I am looking at buying a 1 bed detached property that has potential for a loft conversion IF the ceilings are lowered substantially. there is plenty of room to do - the old ceilings are high so, is there a maximum amount of 'drop' that it is possible to achieve?

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Anonymous user

You will need around 2.1 or 2.2m of headroom for the majority of the room to make it worth while.You will have to get someone to take a look as without knowing what size floor joists,roof alterations your job requires it would be difficult to say exactly how much you have to drop the ceilings. In your case I would go to RAISE the roof ! Usually only possible in detached homes. All the best Sylwester D.
Answered12 January 2016
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