ᐅ Install wooden boarding on a dry attic roof with truss beams
Created on: 20 Apr 2020 22:04
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Pet1234Hello,
For our bungalow under construction, we ordered a dry attic joist instead of a studio joist for an additional cost of nearly €3000. This was to allow us to use the attic floor for storage. The general contractor’s salesperson and the project planner both recommended that once the roof structure is in place—but before the roof is covered—a crane should be used to lift the corresponding OSB boards or tongue-and-groove boards into the attic to board the floor. This way, the floor can be boarded later on. They also mentioned that it would be difficult to bring building materials into the attic through the small attic hatch afterward.
Today, I discussed this with the site manager. He responded very dismissively, saying it’s not possible because the drywall contractor would always have to move the boards or wood when installing the roof insulation. He told me to contact the drywall contractor and ask for their opinion. I don’t understand why I have to do that. Obviously, he has no interest in moving the boards around. However, I don’t see this as our problem. You shouldn’t sell something that isn’t usable later on. Also, this was communicated differently during the consultation with the project planner.
When I asked how we could then board and use the attic floor, he said that after the house is completed, the tongue-and-groove boards could be handed up plank by plank through the attic hatch. (The floor area is over 130 m² (1400 ft²).)
How have other homeowners dealt with the issue of boarding the attic floor?
Thank you.
For our bungalow under construction, we ordered a dry attic joist instead of a studio joist for an additional cost of nearly €3000. This was to allow us to use the attic floor for storage. The general contractor’s salesperson and the project planner both recommended that once the roof structure is in place—but before the roof is covered—a crane should be used to lift the corresponding OSB boards or tongue-and-groove boards into the attic to board the floor. This way, the floor can be boarded later on. They also mentioned that it would be difficult to bring building materials into the attic through the small attic hatch afterward.
Today, I discussed this with the site manager. He responded very dismissively, saying it’s not possible because the drywall contractor would always have to move the boards or wood when installing the roof insulation. He told me to contact the drywall contractor and ask for their opinion. I don’t understand why I have to do that. Obviously, he has no interest in moving the boards around. However, I don’t see this as our problem. You shouldn’t sell something that isn’t usable later on. Also, this was communicated differently during the consultation with the project planner.
When I asked how we could then board and use the attic floor, he said that after the house is completed, the tongue-and-groove boards could be handed up plank by plank through the attic hatch. (The floor area is over 130 m² (1400 ft²).)
How have other homeowners dealt with the issue of boarding the attic floor?
Thank you.
Since your house is otherwise a secret here, we lack a spatial understanding of the connections. The same applies to the processes: how is a drywall contractor (probably building the interior walls of the unknown upper floor of the unknown house) involved when the crane operator (from the drywall contractor’s perspective, practically high above the clouds) is moving some floorboards over the roof frame, which is still uncovered?
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Pet1234 schrieb:
You can’t sell something that won’t be usable afterwards. Besides, it was communicated differently during the consultation with the project planner... Here, theory and practice differ again. You bought things during your consultations that are probably difficult to implement in practice, even if they seem easy on paper...
seat88 schrieb:
Here, theory and practice differ again. I would put it this way: only the signed word counts.
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However you decide to do it (I am familiar with both methods). Whether you bring the boards/boarding onto the attic before completion or afterwards through the hatch—definitely more complicated but still feasible.
You need to coordinate with the contractors, especially if it is a general contractor or a similar arrangement. I agree with the previous commenters that the written agreement is binding. If you suddenly want things that are not part of the contract, you are on thin ice.
You need to coordinate with the contractors, especially if it is a general contractor or a similar arrangement. I agree with the previous commenters that the written agreement is binding. If you suddenly want things that are not part of the contract, you are on thin ice.
To clarify once again: this is a bungalow with a wooden beam ceiling. Any panels or tongue-and-groove boards previously lifted into the roof structure would obstruct the drywall installer when placing the insulation between the wooden beams in the attic ceiling, i.e., the ceiling of the masonry structure.
Furthermore, according to the site manager—and I find this the most absurd part—there would be no space for the vapor barrier anyway, because the insulation extends approximately 4 cm (1.5 inches) above the beams, meaning it protrudes beyond the beams. The vapor barrier that I consider necessary would have to be "squeezed" into the insulation.
Furthermore, according to the site manager—and I find this the most absurd part—there would be no space for the vapor barrier anyway, because the insulation extends approximately 4 cm (1.5 inches) above the beams, meaning it protrudes beyond the beams. The vapor barrier that I consider necessary would have to be "squeezed" into the insulation.
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