Raising the roof joists in the barn

The horizontal roof joists are too low to allow adequate headroom. The previous owners planned to convert the barn into a gîte and use the roof space for a bedroom but they put in a concrete slab floor only allowing headroom (between the slab and the bottom the beams) of 1.9m which is way too low. We plan to move the horizontal beams up 35cm so the finished clearance is slightly more than 2.20m.




You can see the problem as I'm 1.85m and there is no more than 10cm clearance. 



The following pic is not from us but shows the type of metal support (the one connecting the horizontal beam to diagonal beam)


We contacted a metal workers in the town of Sereilhac (about 20 minutes from us), and they can custom make the supports but they're closed due to the restrictions. This is the design that Dan created using SketchUp. It will be made of 4mm steel in black with 200mm black bolts, washers and nuts. We need 12 supports and 24 bolts.


More from this post once the restrictions ease.

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