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In an attempt to make-less-terrible the not-official loft conversion, I want to put some new, separate joists in, running parallel between the existing ceiling joists. The rear of the room I can run these straight off the wallplate and a central, solid wall. At the front, I have a slight problem where the wallplate sits higher than the central wall (3 courses of brick).
Rather than cutting pockets for the joists and without enough courses to use masonry hangers, I'm left looking at long leg hangers e.g.:
I should be able to achieve at least the minimum nailing on the wall plate, but have run into another problem. The wall plate is not flush with the brickwork. The bricks below sit ~12mm proud of the plate. I am assuming bending hangers is a no-no, and likely to mean poor contact with the joist. Are there any obvious reasons I shouldn't build out the wall plate with timber so it's flush to the brick work for the hangers?