I am having a loft conversion done - a hip to gable.
The schedule specifies that the outside should be matching to existing brickwork - ie normal red brick. The builder from the loft company has said that on the inside it would be timber battens with filled in with insulation and covered over with plasterboard. When I mentioned about fixing heavy objects onto the wall, he said that the battens would have to be located or there is the option of having the inside constructed with breeze block instead, but he seemed to suggest that the first option is better because of the insulation factor and also plasterboard is almost equal to breeze block for fixing onto.
I don't have any heavy objects in mind that I want to hang on the wall, but just in case. Also the walls including the internal walls in the rest of the house, being an older property, are solid brick - external walls are double brick with an air gap. So it would be nice to have the same for the outside wall in the loft, although loss of heat is a factor.
This company does a lot of loft conversions, it's the only thing they do, so I guess they must know what is best. But I just wondered if there was any other opinion or option.
The schedule specifies that the outside should be matching to existing brickwork - ie normal red brick. The builder from the loft company has said that on the inside it would be timber battens with filled in with insulation and covered over with plasterboard. When I mentioned about fixing heavy objects onto the wall, he said that the battens would have to be located or there is the option of having the inside constructed with breeze block instead, but he seemed to suggest that the first option is better because of the insulation factor and also plasterboard is almost equal to breeze block for fixing onto.
I don't have any heavy objects in mind that I want to hang on the wall, but just in case. Also the walls including the internal walls in the rest of the house, being an older property, are solid brick - external walls are double brick with an air gap. So it would be nice to have the same for the outside wall in the loft, although loss of heat is a factor.
This company does a lot of loft conversions, it's the only thing they do, so I guess they must know what is best. But I just wondered if there was any other opinion or option.