Recent content by JoP1

Nice suggestion also - many thanks

With yer ole' man on that one. I've now definatelty decided to follow your bead suggestion as on further thinking, in the bath, as you do, it will hide the cut edges of the p/board as well as support it. I'll stain the beads the same as the rafters before pinning them on and maybe paint the...

Many thanks for all of your replies on this, to me, new and useful forum - it's been very helpful in making a decision. I'll either be fitting 25mm wide x 50mm deep battens (50mm being the depth of the additional Celotex going betwen the rafters on this existing 'warm' roof) to the top of the...

Roy - having looked at your answer again I now wonder if you mean something else, that I'm unaware of, by 'panel beads'. I'd assumed you meant a supporting strip of timber, but perhaps it's a special bead I have (as a diy'er) no knowledge of. Were you referring to a special piece of...

Thanks for the bead under the p/board edges idea (perhaps quadrant?) - hadn't thought of that - but I'm really after a 'cleaner' look if possible. I would agree with you about the foil's lack of grab, but what I'm trying to suggest in my question is that the bond would be principally between...

I'm converting a barn into living accomodation and wish to leave the inside of the sloping roof's timbers partly on show. After fixing Celotex between the rafters I'll then be covering the insulation with 12.5mm platerboard, possibly silver foil faced, purely for ascetic decoration (not fire...