Could someone give me some help with boarding out a loft? It's just for storage.

What wood should i use and what minimum depth should be? I was thinking of using traditional plywood boards but don't know how i would get these through the loft hatch.

What's the best way to fix the boards to the joists? Nails/Srews/Glue?

Anything else i should think about?

so long as its for storage only and the stuff being stored is lightweight you should be ok. Its quickest to use 8ft x 2ft chipboard flooring which is tongue and grooved but if these are too big to get through the lft hatch you can get 4x1 ft chipnoard boards that slot together which are specifically for this purpose ( but works out a little dearer than 8x2) both 4x1 and 8x2 are both 18mm thick which is the standard for flooring. Will be a lot cheaper than 18mm ply and pretty easy ( slot together , try and get all ends over joists to give best support , each 4x1 will only need 2 or 3 50mm screws into the joists to locate it )

Good luck

Use screws as scotty suggests. DON'T use nails, incase you want to remove the boards at a later date.

You can get boards (chipboard) specifically for this purpose from B&Q.

Cheers

Si

The most important reason for using screws.

You won’t fetch the ceiling down with all that hammering on the ceiling joists. Hammering will loosen any already lose plasterwork, and loosen any plasterwork which isn’t all ready loose. Thus can cause the ceiling to come crashing down around your head.

Hey Village - is using bold typeface half way to shouting ?

Mav - another thing I forgot to mention - there is likely to be electrical flex cutting across some of the joists - do not be tempted to take a notch out of the joists to sit the flex in as this will weaken the joist and they are not likely to be particuarly substantial in the first place. Its far better to line the tops of all of the joists with 2x1 battens (screwed in place) leaving small gaps for the cables to cross.
Most b&Q type places will do the 4x1 sheets - they come in packs of 3 usually ( about 1.2m2 tot for about £6 to £7

For the benefit of those at the back of the class.