eaves storage

[rob]

i'm in the middle of doing up my loft conversion (artex everywhere yuk!) and a few people say that they have storage space under their eaves (when it gets to about 3-4 ft from floor to roof in my loft it's just plasterboarded off and the remaining space is wasted) i like the idea but have no idea how to go about it, i'm guessing put 2-3 doors (cupboard doors?) in the existing plasterboard and chipboard the floor beyond? can anyone talk some sense into me ? thanks Rob

[Andy Hall]

That's pretty much it.

You might want to think about door types and sizes in order to be able to fit reasonable sized things in the space.

You may find plastic storage boxes with built in wheels helpful since they can be rolled around on the floor.

Make sure that you don't block any ventilation at the eaves vents.

[Guy King]

The message from Andy Hall contains these words:

But also draught-proof the doors or you'll get the wind up.

[Roger]

The message from "rob" contains these words:

Exactly what I did in a loft conversion. In our case the lower purlin was of horizontal ladder construction out of 4" x 2" timber and that served as the basis for the side walls. The uprights were suitably spaced to provide the jambs for doors that I made up out of thin plywood. (Too thin as it turned out, one has warped). Didn't have to worry about eaves draft as it was already a warm roof (insulation above the rafters).

[The Natural Philosopher]

Thats about it, once the relevant roof venting and insulation is done.

[meow2222]

Doors all along are much easier than inaccessible sections. No need for them to be std cupboard widths. If you want to go to town on it, add a string of 3w cfls in there on a switch.

NT

[Ian White]

Make a list of all the box contents, and pin it to the inside of each access door. (Even if you hate making lists as much as I do, you'll soon find out why it's an absolute necessity.)

[meow2222]

this is a big help. But now I do it on computer, just number the boxes, and the search facility plus easy editing makes it a must have. Instead of 'i know there is one somewhere' its 'there it is' every time. Much quicker than the pen and paper version.

NT

[Owain]

Yebbut that only works until you take something out of the box and put it down somewhere.

Maybe RFID tags on everything and sensors on all the doorways would at least track an item down to the last room it was in.

Owain