Browse Forums General Discussion Re: steel frame house roof storage 3Mar 19, 2013 5:49 am MDJ Homes - Bordeaux 14 + now with improvements Re: steel frame house roof storage 9Apr 10, 2013 5:14 pm Uncle Arfur 33amc The technical answer is you cant put anything on the bottom chord of the roof trusses timber or steel. The roof was designed with a ceiling load based on your ceining material (either 10mm or 13mm plaster) Even putting a sheet of ply would effectively double the load you are putting on the botton chord of the trusses. Makes you wonder how companies get away with flooring on the ceiling and lining the roof space on existing homes, unless they double up the ceiling joists, which might prove difficult if its a gang-nail truss or steel framed It certainly makes me wonder aswell, a ceiling joist or bottom chord of a truss is designed purely for ceiling load only. Hi I am wanting some opinions about the build of a steel shed I am going to get one about 4.5 x 2.5 m steel shed and the height will be about 2.3-2.4m high The one I am… 0 14387 This is 100% true. You can not hang anything on steel frames. very frustrating 8 4300 Hi, We have a single story MacDonald Jones house, on a waffle pod slab with steel frame. Are we able to build a second story extension? Other info is we are 900mm from… 0 8369 |