Fitting a Custom Built Wooden Hatch in Bedworth

This family needed a bigger loft hatch installing so they could put all their bits and bobs up in the loft, out of the way, but still have easy and safe access. We were able to build them a custom hatch to suit their needs and install it in a couple of hours, leaving no mess or damage or decorating to be done to their ceiling.

 This job was done in a 3 bed, semi detached 1970's house on Claremont Close, Bedworth, CV12

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Floating Frame Over 420mm of Insulation and Fitting Boarding Down the Centre of Truss Roof in Leamington Spa

This lady wanted her loft boarded out but had a lot of insulation and the roofs internal structure was trussed, making it difficult to negotiate. We floated a frame above the insulation level with a robust system of joists, thus allowing the 420mm of insulation underneath it to sit without being squashed down and so it was able to breathe. This is really impotant to reduce the risk of condensation building up in the roof. We also installed a 3 stage Youngman Easiway loft ladder and custom hatch for easy access. 

This job was completed in a newly built, 4 bed detached house.

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Fitting a Heavy Duty (Titan) Loft Ladder in Moseley

This was a great example of a loft ladder we fitted into a house where they had no option of increasing the size of their loft hatch without major construction work, so we fitted a heavy duty titan loft ladder into the existing, very slim loft hatch. 

We fitted this in a 3 story 1900's town house, mid terrace on Runcorn road, Moseley, B12. 

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Installing a Wooden Bi-folding Loft Ladder in a New Built House in Walsall

This is an example of fitting a wooden bi-folding loft ladder in a new built, 3 bed semi-detached house on Northumberland Way, Walsall, WS27.

This lady was delighted that we could fit a wooden ladder into her house as she was worried that the landing light was in the way. Not a problem, we were able to move her light to one side of the hatch and the hole was absorbed into the new hatch door space, so no redecorating was needed.

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Installing a Custom Hatch & Ladder Plus Flooring in Kingstanding

This is an example of fitting a custom built hatch and 3 stage Easiway Youngman loft ladder in a 1950's terrace on Dormington Road, Kingstanding, Birmingham, B44.

These guys wanted easy access and extra storage in their loft. They had 200mm of insulation which they did not want squashed down so we built a floating frame over the top of their insulation and boarded on top. This allowed adequate room for the insulation and loft to breath.

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Fitting New Hatch & Ladder Plus Flooring in Birmingham

This is an example of fitting a new hatch and 3 stage Easiway Youngman loft ladder in a 1930's terrace on Gracemere Crescent, Birmingham, B28.

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Boarding Out of a Loft in Wolston

For this job we did the following

• Installed a heavy duty titan aluminium loft ladder

• Custom built & installed hatch

• Boarded out loft

• Added top up insulation

• Added shelving

In a detached house in Lammas Court, Wolston CV8

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Boarding Out a Loft and Adding Shelves in Stratford-Upon-Avon

This job was a straight forward run down the middle of the most usable part of a loft. We boarded out 2.4m/8m down the centre and added shelves either side to maximise the useable area in a 4 bed detached house, built in 2001 on Green Close, Stratford.

This job was done at the same time as the safety trap door as seen in the pictures. Please follow the link for further information on the door.

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Installing an Aluminium Loft Ladder and More in Evesham

This was another classic example of a young family needing a little more space to store their bits and bobs. We fitted a UPVC drop down loft hatch, an aluminium loft ladder and some boarding around the roof trusses in a 2 bed semi.

Very simple clean job, perfect for quick and safe access.

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Loft Storage in Garage in Olton

This lady wanted us to fit out her garage loft space, as well her main loft in her house. Both had Fakro LWK timber bi-folding loft ladders and needed boarding out of the main sections of each loft.

The Fakro LWK loft ladder worked perfectly in her garage and on the upstairs landing, creating quick and safe access to both loft spaces. This job was In a detached, 3 bed  1990's style house.

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Fitting a Extra Large Bi-Folding Wooden Loft Ladder in Bromsgrove

• Fitting a 70/120cm Fakro LWK timber loft ladder in a two bed terrace on Rock Hill, Bromsgrove, B61

This couple had recently moved in to a terrace house and had a lot of bulky items that needed stowing out of the way. Their existing loft hatch was small and did not have a safe fix point ladder to access the loft.

We offered to enlarge the loft hatch and install an extra large version of Fakro's premium LWK wooden bi-folding loft ladder. This way, they could keep the width of the current opening the same and increase the length without the need for any decorating after the new ladder had been installed.

The new hatch was very large at 70cm/120cm. The fix point ladder (with large flat wooden steps and a handrail) made this the perfect solution to access the loft quickly and safely.

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Installing an Extra Large Custom Loft Hatch in Birmingham

• Building and installing a custom loft hatch 78cm/98cm

This house already had a very large loft opening but it was old and needed replacing. After measuring up the aperture our team built a customised drop down hatch to fit perfectly in place of their old pop out hatch, making it possible to install a 3 stage aluminium loft ladder. This was the ideal solution for them to quickly and safely access their loft space. This job was done in a terrace house on Bowden Road, Birmingham, B67

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Building a Floating Frame and Boarding Out a Loft with 300mm of Insulation in Bearwood

• Boarding out a loft with 300mm of insulation

• Building a subframe

• Building a floating frame

In this new house this family wanted to board out the most useable part of their loft space. We suggested, as it was a new built house with a trussed roof, to concentrate on the area in the centre of the loft with most amount of head height space. Being a new house this loft was fully topped up with just shy of 300mm of insulation. It is important to remember that this must not be squashed down as is can lead to condensation issues. In order to allow the air to flow through the insulation, we build a subframe or a floating frame raised up at 300mm. This cavity allows the insulation to sit without being compressed in its normal position. This job was completed in a 4 bed detached, new built house.

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Extending Hatch and Fitting a Wooden Ladder in Coventry

• Fitting a Fakro LWK 55/111 in a cottage on Black Horse Road, Coventry

This couple wanted their small loft hatch extended so that they could store large items in the loft. The Fakro timber loft ladder collection provides plenty of space to comfortably access your loft with bulky items

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Fitting a Roof Window in Bromsgrove

This was a standard roof window fit. The owners of this house wanted extra light in their converted loft office so we installed a 66cm/98cm Velux centre pivot natural pine roof window in the corner of their loft.

This was in a two bed terrace on Rock Hill, Bromsgrove, B61

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Adding a Safety Rail / Fence in Harborne

After we boarded out this families loft, they decided they wanted a safety rail to help them get in and out of their loft. The fence provides additional grab point to hold and helped to protect against falling out of the loft. 

We fitted this in a 4 bed detached new built house.

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Boarding Out Loft with 400mm of Insulation in Wythall

This job was to part board out a loft in a brand new house. The issue here was that they had 400mm of insulation over the top of the roof joists. We did not want to remove any of their insulation but it is very important not to squash it down either as it can lead to condensation issues. Squashing it down can trap moisture- it requires space and airflow in order to breathe, and allow moisture to escape. In order to lay a floor we built up a subframe and floated the floor 420mm above the existing joists leaving plenty of room for the insulation to sit undisturbed. 

This job was completed in a 4 bed detached, new built house.

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Installing Safety Trap Door in a Loft in Stratford-Upon-Avon

It is possible to fit a hinged safety door in your loft. The idea is that when you are up in the loft you can close off the space to stop any potentially very serious accidents from happening. These guys have kids that obviously love exploring all four corners of their house and inevitably want to go in the loft when Dad goes up to get the Christmas tree! They wanted to know that they had peace of mind that when they are all up in the loft and the risk of falling out was reduced significantly by installing this door. Safety first kids!

This safety door was fitted In a 4 bed detached house, built in 2001 on Green Close, Stratford.

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Installing a Four Section Bi-Folding Loft Ladder in Hall Green

This job was to install a 4 section wooden loft ladder in a semi-detached house on Cole Bank Road, Hall Green, Birmingham.

There are two main reasons why you might need to install a 4 section bi-folding loft ladder instead of the standard 3 section version.

1. The landing space has restricted room; a 3 section bi-foldong loft ladder needs 160cm of clearance from the back edge of the hatch in order for the ladder to unfold. If this space is smaller, say by an internal wall of balustrade, then the ladder isn't able to be unfolded. The 4 section version only requires 128cm to unfold and so can be the solution to this problem.

2. The hatch external dimensions are restricted: sometimes ladder clearance is not the issue but the hatch dimensions are. It can be the case where the hatch can not be extended to 109cm in length to accommodate the size of a 3 section loft ladder. This may be because of internal walls or pipes. In this case often it is possible to fit the 4 section ladder because it is a slightly more compact ladder assemble. It's hatch external dimensions be slightly smaller in length at 92cm. 

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In this case it was the second reason for choosing the 4 section ladder. 

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Deluxe Package Installation in 3 Bed House in Kings Heath

What we fitted:

• Raised the level of the loft up 230mm on loft leg frame

• Boarded out useable loft space

• Installed loft wrap dust proofing membrane

• Fitted a timber bi-folding loft ladder

In a 3 bed, 1970's period, detached house.

This job was the full deluxe package that Empire Lofts offer. We had to raise the floor level up 230mm to accommodate the insulation underneath without squashing it down. We did this using our unique timber loft legs to raise the new joists into position. We boarded out the loft with standard 18mm P5, moisture resistant boards, fit a timber loft ladder and finished off the job with some lights and our loft wrap- a dust reducing membrane. 

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