freezing cold.. help!

[jalfk]

Hi people, advice appreciated!

***Background***
I play drums in a warehouse room that I rent. The room is on the top floor of the building, has a slab concrete ceiling and a tiled floor (it used to be the worker's showering room when the place used to be a factory).

I've already made a room within the room for sound isolation purposes, which effectively reduces my drumming noise considerably. It's just walls, no suspended ceiling or floating floor.

The room is around 18m2 and exactly 3m tall.

Anyway, it's extremely cold! I have electric heaters but they do not effectively warm the place up. I'm running 2x 2000 watt heaters. This is pretty expensive but all the heat just seems to vanish. The second you turn them off it's freezing again 2 minutes later.


***Question***
I've seen these polysteirene square panels 50mm thick in my local hardware store. Would it substantially improve the heat insulation in the room by covering the ceiling in these panels by gluing them directly onto the concrete ceiling?

I've heard this is a fire hazard.... is that true?

Is this a lame option, can someone suggest something better?

Although I'd rather spend as little as possible, I'm willing to pay as much as it takes to not freeze my butt off.


Really appreciate any advice!!

Thanks!
Jalfk

 

[Static]

Polystyrene is extremely flamible and when on fire then drips molten balls of flaming plastic on people which well isnt nice.. there are alternative less combustible insulation materials..

 

[jalfk]

Aaaah ok doesn't sound good. What do you suggest?

I've seen these rigid boards that look like polystyrene too but maybe they are better?

 

[catlad]

Build yourself a false ceiling as low as you can realistically go and put sheets of kingspan or something to the underneath.

 

[Bodgeitandleggit]

Hi people, advice appreciated!

***Background***
I play drums in a warehouse room that I rent. The room is on the top floor of the building, has a slab concrete ceiling and a tiled floor (it used to be the worker's showering room when the place used to be a factory).

I've already made a room within the room for sound isolation purposes, which effectively reduces my drumming noise considerably. It's just walls, no suspended ceiling or floating floor.

The room is around 18m2 and exactly 3m tall.

Anyway, it's extremely cold! I have electric heaters but they do not effectively warm the place up. I'm running 2x 2000 watt heaters. This is pretty expensive but all the heat just seems to vanish. The second you turn them off it's freezing again 2 minutes later.


***Question***
I've seen these polysteirene square panels 50mm thick in my local hardware store. Would it substantially improve the heat insulation in the room by covering the ceiling in these panels by gluing them directly onto the concrete ceiling?

I've heard this is a fire hazard.... is that true?

Is this a lame option, can someone suggest something better?

Although I'd rather spend as little as possible, I'm willing to pay as much as it takes to not freeze my butt off.


Really appreciate any advice!!

Thanks!
Jalfk

Learn to play the flute and stay in bed with a electric blanket