How to Board a Loft | ADVICE | Homebuilding

SPONSORED | How to board a loft from Homebuilding & Renovating in association with LoftLeg Ltd

In this video we show you how to safely and effectively board your loft space to create more storage area, and ensure your insulation is as effective as possible.

We outline the reasons behind loft boarding, the equipment you'll need, safety aspects, and a steep-by-step guide to installing Loft Legs and boards to create the ultimate storage area.

Read our article on how to board a loft here

[davidnicholson]

I’m just about to floor my loft, and I’m tremendously grateful for such a clear, straightforward and easy to follow video. Thanks!

[blackbade]

If you intend to use a downlight cover cap and actually seal it into place (not seen them sealed into place before tbh) surely you should also include the wiring connector block and/or the transformer. If you don't, you won't be able to easily maintain or replace the lamp unit(s) from below, you would have to do so from the loft only and will therefore have to pull up the flooring and tear out the seal(s).

[pepelepew]

Saved. Straightforward explanation and no faffing. Perfect example of an instructional YouTube video.

[zcftnwb]

I really appreciate you guys explaining this, making something daunting much less scary that I originally felt it was. My house is only 2 bedrooms, and with my 4 years olds toys constantly increasing causing utter chaos after every christmas, i now feel i have the confidence to attempt this in the crawl space above my kitchen and in the main loft. Thank you 👌✌👋🤜💪

[ginghamt.c.]

Great to see such a helpful, precise and well detailed turorial, Brilliant!

[nickrailton]

"Lucy's hats and scarves" clearly contained CDs. Bloody kids eh? Otherwise great video :-)

[craigbuckley]

Wow, I've never heard or ever seen this way of boarding out a loft before, it's definitely given me food for thought, I knew the that the boards had to be a certain thickness for H&S purposes, but never seen this way of boarding out before, many thanks for this video it's definitely helped me alot, 👍👍👍

[willbee]

If you want to fully floor the loft, raise the height to suit the insulation depth by laying, lapping lengths of treated timbers across the trusses, screw down to fix. Then lay & screw down square edged 25mm treated sarking the opposite way. This way you get the whole roof. Just check out sarking around truss/rafter intersections. Sarking is much easier to lift & access for future fittings like light cables, junction boxes, mains smoke detectors, water pipes or instal any of the aforementioned at a later date. It will give ever so slightly underfoot but it is the better solution. Keep the sarking to easy manageable lengths in order to lift. Form an apron with plywood around the loft hatch to finish neet to the sarking. The loft ladder can be fitted & stored better as well. Mark up services on the sarking surface that are underneath the sarking using an indelible heavy marker pen for future reference. I’ve done this in all the houses that I’ve bought/sold & lived in plus others. It helps distribution of the loads as well.

[jameshutchinson]

what a great instructional video. kudos to the director.

[john]

When I moved house I labelled my boxes in code. C1, C2, C3 were clothes box 1, 2 and 3. Kitchen stuff was K1, K2, K3. You get the idea. Then I made a list on my phone of contents and which box to find them in. Not only did I know to put K boxes into kitchen when I moved, but I know which box to find to get the red mugs. And even then when I use the box for something else, my spreadsheet is updates to say job interview clothes are in K4 :) basically a mini warehouse system except the codes aren't necessarily logical but they sont have to be if you log your stock properly :)

[dannymurphy]

I think you should explain WHY you have to do this i.e. moist warm air comes through from below and will damage the joists as it gets trapped if you don't use loftlegs. A lot of people don't understand and simply board over cramming all the insulation in.

[HouseFairyDIY]

That was a very clear tutorial...thanks!

[davehanley]

At 6:22 that board on the right is barely supported, sitting right on the edge of the leg.

[debbiem]

I wish my loft only had 2 suitcases and a box in it! 😳 going to take me a week just to empty it!

[cswrighty]

Aren't the joints meant to be staggered for more strength?

[shakealgoritham]

Uffff, who put books inside Lucy's hats + scarves box? scandalous :P
Great video guys.

[marklucas]

Fab instructions, helped me do my first loft boarding. 👍👍

[ryanhinman]

Great easy to follow video! I think I’ll save myself a few hundred and do it myself following this!

[coatman]

quick question. after using the loft stilts. the will be a raised gab between the loft entrance and the new raised loft floor (where you'll see the insulation) how does one cover the sides of the loft entrance as I don't see a way you could attach side panels to the stilts. do you have a video or could you explain how to do that.

[mikescarth]

I noticed the boards weren't arranged in a staggered formation in this video, but I've been told that a staggered formation is critical. Could you provide your view on this formation please?