Loft Builder

[lcohol 0]

Hi i am looking for a loft builder. Want to build a loft in my new terrace house. The ceiling are high enough and i wish to make good use of it.

Anybody got any contact? And roughly what is the cost? Say the loft is just big enough to place a king size bed.

[seeker 0]

Hi i am looking for a loft builder. Want to build a loft in my new terrace house. The ceiling are high enough and i wish to make good use of it.

Anybody got any contact? And roughly what is the cost? Say the loft is just big enough to place a king size bed.

Hmm I can go ask my friend who built a loft. About 5 years back it was $18k from what i can recall...

[mcar201 0]

Hmm I can go ask my friend who built a loft. About 5 years back it was $18k from what i can recall...

Can pm me his contact? I am thinking to construct one as well. Btw, do we need URA/BCA approval for loft construction?

[lcohol 0]

Hmm I can go ask my friend who built a loft. About 5 years back it was $18k from what i can recall...

Hi thanks, can give me his contact too?

[lcohol 0]

Does anyone knows what would be the comfortable height (from floor to ceiling) to enable the building of a loft?

[phoebet7 0]

Hi seeker, can you PM me the contact too pls? I juz bot an apt which comes with a high ceiling....

btw, Icohol, I heard a reasonable ht for adding a loft, floor to ceiling shd be minimum 4.5m.

[wolverine23 0]

Hi seeker, can you PM me the contact too pls? I juz bot an apt which comes with a high ceiling....

btw, Icohol, I heard a reasonable ht for adding a loft, floor to ceiling shd be minimum 4.5m.

so it is still around $20k just to build a small loft?

[moi_dar 0]

Can someone advise whether building a loft requires BCA approval? I am in the midst of building the loft and would like to know whether I would need a PE to certify it

[tflmw 0]

Hmm I can go ask my friend who built a loft. About 5 years back it was $18k from what i can recall...

pls pm me the contact too.. many thx!

[Summerdaz 0]

U will need BCA approval as you are increasing the gfa of your place. Tts y some ppl build them after the 1st year top of their project. Then BCA won't know.

[leechaorui 2]

Has anybody constructed a loft that has a picture to share?

[blue_skies 3]

My parents have a small loft in their HDB. Will take photo of it this weekend when I see them.

They live in an EA but it's on the top floor and they extra ceiling space from the slanted rooftop so we built a loft using the extra ceiling height. It's not very big but you can put a super single mattress and some small bookshelves, and you got to watch your head when you are up in the loft or you might knock your head It used to be my bedroom for a couple of years before I got married and moved out. Nice cosy space.

Btw this is not HDB approved structure so it will need to be taken down if the place is sold.

[mmm 0]

I am curious, how does the loft work in landed? Is that similar to attic??? Do you need to construct a stairs? What about windows????

[summerhouse 0]

I just seen one recently constructed in a terrace house. It is a simple loft about 10 X 10 feet.

The side is supported by steel beam and is anchored to the huge roof concrete beam at the top.

Floor is made of plank.

A ladder is used to access. Likely used for storage.

BCA approval is needed.

If the loft is huge, foundation beam to the floor might be required.

I have been thinking of building one too.

[blue_skies 3]

Here are the photos of the loft at my parent's place (it's a bit messy though, used to be my room but now serves as a nap area for my boy). It was built around year 2000 and is still very sturdy now. It's large enough to place one single mattress and one super single mattress on the floor of the loft. Didn't manage to measure the highest point in the loft but I can stand up straight somewhere in the middle (before it slopes too low) and I'm 1.65m. I have shelving on the other side of the loft wall (opposite the windows). There is a casement aircon for the loft too so we have a curtain to keep the cool air in.

Schematic of loft

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9707/loftschematic.jpg

Staircase leading upstairs to loft

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/7688/st...dingupstair.jpg

Curtain for loft (also the doorway of the loft)

http://img801.imageshack.us/img801/4791/cu...orwayofloft.jpg

Laminate flooring of loft

http://img715.imageshack.us/img715/1624/la...oringofloft.jpg

Loft inner wall (highest point of loft)

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/5400/loftinnerwall.jpg

Shelving on lower wall

http://img825.imageshack.us/img825/6461/sh...onwalllarge.jpg

Casement aircon & part of windows

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6716/case...rconwindows.jpg

Looking downwards from the top of the loft

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/9659/lo...romloftlarg.jpg