I live in a 60's ex-council 2 bed end terrace and a couple of years ago I boarded out the loft to store a few bits and bobs. The few bits and bobs has now grown into masses of heavy stuff, loads of car parts, books, records, and general crap. It's really heavy. The length of the loft is about 25ft, theres a chimney breast right in the middle that comes down in the middle of the 2 bedrooms and a partition wall separates the 2 rooms.
We have recently had a baby, and while we didn't really care before, now we are worried that the ceiling might cave in or something. I don't know if I'm just being paranoid or whether this is a nightmare waiting to happen. We have had multiple runs to the tip to try and deplete the piles of stuff up there but as we have very little storage space in the house, there is still what could only be considered a heavy load up there. I probably go up there once every couple of days for something so it gets it's fair share of movement too, although not as much as it would if it was lived in.
Can anyone suggest how dangerous this is, and if it's not dangerous, will it cause any damage to the house (other than the odd hairline crack in the ceiling.
Can anyone advise on this? Is it possible to get a builder to reinforce it, and is it expensive?
Thanks!