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Hi Don't be sorry, I really appreciate the advice and will indeed take it. I know very little about these things but am capable of carrying out the work if pointed in the right direction. Thanks again, more mineral wool it is laid between new joists at 400mm cents Thnaks. Charles

Hi Thanks for all the info. We have artexed ceilings painted with standard matt emulsion, so do you think if I was to lay foil over the existing wool and then just leave a gap between all the boards when re laying them over the foil that I may be ok from a condensation point of view and also...

Hi, thanks.for the info and advise. I think I agree that mineral wool would be better, problem is that if I add another 6inches of it to my current 4 I won't be able to put my loft flooring back down as, being a 1900's house it only has 4x2 ceiling joists. Thanks again, I'll go back to the...

Hi I'm new to this forum so I hope I'm posting in the right place. I am after a bit of advice please. I want to increase the amount of loft insulation I have (current I have about 4" of fibreglass) My plan was to lift the loft flooring boards and place a layer of Double layer Aluminium foil...