Some time over the next couple of weeks I'm going to tackle underfloor insulation in the living room of an 1850s house.
Its a suspended wooden floor with varnished boards (possibly Pitch Pine, not sure) that I'll be lifting and intend to reuse. There isn't much of a crawl space, so insulation will be installed from above. Given what I've seen of the joists already the gaps are best described as 'irregular' or perhaps 'erratic'!
With this in mind, and having done a brief bit of reading on this forum and others, I'm thinking that the net hammock & flexible insulation approach would be better suited than using rigid insulation on batons. This approach would then require the use of a vapour barrier over the top of the insulation and the joists, before replacing the boards.
Does that sound like I've got the faintest idea what I'm talking about?
Anything else I should consider?
Any product recommendations for the insulation / vapour barrier?
Thanks!
Its a suspended wooden floor with varnished boards (possibly Pitch Pine, not sure) that I'll be lifting and intend to reuse. There isn't much of a crawl space, so insulation will be installed from above. Given what I've seen of the joists already the gaps are best described as 'irregular' or perhaps 'erratic'!
With this in mind, and having done a brief bit of reading on this forum and others, I'm thinking that the net hammock & flexible insulation approach would be better suited than using rigid insulation on batons. This approach would then require the use of a vapour barrier over the top of the insulation and the joists, before replacing the boards.
Does that sound like I've got the faintest idea what I'm talking about?
Anything else I should consider?
Any product recommendations for the insulation / vapour barrier?
Thanks!