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Due to the slope of the roof and the required access headroom, the feasibility of a loft conversion is dependent upon a minimum height of approximately 2.2 m (7 ft 6 in) measured from the joist to the apex. Providing that this requirement is met, most properties will likely possess the potential to have the loft space converted.
Headroom. A headroom of 2000mm is adequate. Special considerations can be made for loft conversions. Width of flights. No recommendations are given for stair widths. Length of flights. The approved document refers to 16 risers (steps) for utility stairs and 12 for general access. There is no requirement for private stairs.
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In US usage, a loft is an upper room or storey in a building, mainly in a barn, directly under the roof, used for storage (as in most private houses).In this sense it is roughly synonymous with attic, the major difference being that an attic typically constitutes an entire floor of the building, while a loft covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floor.
The loft conversions were more profitable to the landlords than industrial use. [1] By 1977, the New York City Department of City Planning found that 91.5 percent of the conversions were illegal [ 2 ] and 44.9 percent of those lofts were occupied by heads of households who were artists. [ 3 ]
In civil engineering, clearance refers to the difference between the loading gauge and the structure gauge in the case of railroad cars or trams, or the difference between the size of any vehicle and the width/height of doors, the width/height of an overpass or the diameter of a tunnel as well as the air draft under a bridge, the width of a lock or diameter of a tunnel in the case of watercraft.
A mezzanine (/ ˌ m ɛ z ə ˈ n iː n /; or in Italian, a mezzanino) [1] is an intermediate floor in a building which is partly open to the double-height ceilinged floor below, or which does not extend over the whole floorspace of the building, a loft with non-sloped walls. However, the term is often used loosely for the floor above the ground ...
The law was administered by the New York City Loft Board. The 1982 Loft Law should not be confused with the artists' loft law, Article 7-b of the New York State Multiple Dwelling Law nor with rent control legislation, which limits the ability of landlords to increase the rent of certain long-term tenants. The artists' loft law requires that the ...