I was wondering why my kitchen was so cold in the winter. I looked under a couple of tiles and I now know why. No insulation (unless dead insects and dust count) and also the felt has rotted away.
The kitchen is at the back of the house and would originally have been an outbuilding or privy. Built aprox 1900. It measures aprox 3x3m built of bath stone with double roman clay tiles. It is attachced to next doors kitchen on one side.
Internally the ceiling slopes down quite low (maybe 6ft4) so I dont want to loose much internal space. Luckily there are not lots of kitchen cabinets.
The roof rafters are only 750mm deep with the plaster board nailed directly to it.
I want to replace the membrane and the couple of damaged tiles and also insulate it. I cannot have thicker rafters as it is attached to next door.
Any ideas for how to insulate this this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Tim
The kitchen is at the back of the house and would originally have been an outbuilding or privy. Built aprox 1900. It measures aprox 3x3m built of bath stone with double roman clay tiles. It is attachced to next doors kitchen on one side.
Internally the ceiling slopes down quite low (maybe 6ft4) so I dont want to loose much internal space. Luckily there are not lots of kitchen cabinets.
The roof rafters are only 750mm deep with the plaster board nailed directly to it.
I want to replace the membrane and the couple of damaged tiles and also insulate it. I cannot have thicker rafters as it is attached to next door.
Any ideas for how to insulate this this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks Tim