Attic/Loft conversions?

My brother in law has just had his done. The company that they used putin a suspended ceiling as the floor wasn't strong enough. I thought that this was a fantastic idea. Sounds like you might be doing this anyway if you need to support the floor.

I would start off by looking on the Internet to find a few ocmpanies that do it and tell them your problem and ask if they could do the work. You may find that they give ou some information about what and how thy would have to do it. They may not but it is worth a try! Good luck.

While a loft conversion can be done as DIY, it's a fairly major piece of work. Most conversions will require steel work to be installed, you can do this yourself but it's heavy and dangerous work.

We are currently thinking about having a conversion done on our house, we found some good information about loft conversions at www.aboutloftconversions.co.uk it was an easy going site that explained a few things in an easy way.

Most of the people we had in for estimates would do a 'part build' for you, they would do the main structural work and you would complete the finishing, i.e. platerboarding, electrics, decorating etc. Our estimates for the whole job ranged from £15k to £30k, we didn't get any quotes for the part build but I'm sure it would bring down the cost by quite a bit.

Dont forget that you will also need to inform the local council and all work will have to meet building regulations. In some areas or if you are having dormers you may also need planning permission.