A dark, derelict Victorian attic reimagined as a bright new floor, structural work, rooflights and a rebuilt gable, done properly.
The existing loft was exactly what you'd expect from an untouched Victorian terrace, a cramped, damp roof space with blackened, mould-stained boarding and original timbers well past their best.
To make it a usable floor, the roof had to come off and the structure be rebuilt from the rafters down.
We stripped the roof back, installed new structural steel beams to carry the loads and opened up the space, then built an entirely new rafter structure over a breathable membrane, squaring up a roofline that had drifted over a hundred years.
Every connection engineered, inspected and signed off to Building Control.
Banks of rooflights were let into the new roof slope, turning a windowless void into a bright, airy room. On the gable, we rebuilt the brickwork and reinstated a characterful arched window head, finished with a crisp anthracite dry-verge that ties the old and new together.
Old roof off, new steels and a fresh rafter structure built over a breathable membrane.
New gable brickwork, window opening formed and an arched head reinstated.
Anthracite dry-verge and weatherproofing complete the rebuilt roofline.
