ceiling insulation

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    Home insulation on sloping ceiling - is this ok?

    Is this ok? I ripped down an old lath and plaster ceiling (immedately regretted it) firstly doing an Asbestos Test via online lab - that was clear. Then put insulation straight over joists like this with 48MM thk insulation, and foam glue onto the walls (c. 5mm thk foam bead) : left air gap...
  2. T

    Bathroom roof insulation

    Hi all, I am looking to internally insulate my bathroom. The bathroom sits above my kitchen under a pitched roof so the space is very limited (see pics). Construction is solid wall with lime plaster so I can chip off the old lime batten and insulate the walls. The problem I am having is the...
  3. B

    False ceiling project to add insulation above stair-well - advice please

    Hi All, I have a cold stairway with a high ceiling and short upstairs corridor (1m wide). The roof cavity above is hard to access, has some insulation but not much. Hence warm air rises up the stair well to the ceiling, pools in this area and escapes. Picture included hopefully or will be...
  4. K

    Help - Anyone, ceiling tiles are asbestos ?

    I'm in Spain ... ceiling with water damage .. need to repair ceiling tiles & plaster after fixing leak .. I'm worried these ceiling tiles may be asbestos insulation tiles .. this extension was done in the mid 70-80 's in Spain .
  5. A

    What ceiling finish in garage

    new built detached outbuilding/store/workshop modern build concrete blocks/cavity insulation/thermalite blocks inside (won't be skimmed or boarded) floor insulated mono pitched low pitched roof occasional heat but more about keeping stuff dry as opposed to getting moisture damage in old shed...
  6. D

    Insulating Below Ceiling In Loft Conversion

    Made a video of insulating the ceiling below to stop heat rising from the bedrooms below and causing the loft to over heat in the summer and prevent the central heating in the summer sending all the heat to loft from the rooms below and allowing the TRV working at full efficienecy.
  7. R

    Ceiling insulation advice needed

    I am in the middle of a refurb and I have taken down the plasterboard ceilings in the rooms on the top floor of my house in order to access cabling routes and get rid of an ugly artex problem. I would like to take the opportunity to put some Rockwool in the ceiling before I put up new...
  8. john4703

    Plastic Ceiling – Condensation

    I have a small kitchen (2.0m x 3.9m) with a low (2.1m) ceiling. I am going to have a new kitchen fitted and plan to do a lot of the prep work myself. The current ceiling is plasterboard and is badly marked and as I want the spot light in new positions I need to replace it. I wondered if there...
  9. swebb99

    Cold 3rd bedroom with sloped ceiling

    The 3rd room in my house is very cold and turning the radiator on in that room has little impact. The room is basically a box room and the roof sloped down over it meaning there is a slope in the ceiling. There is a small door in the room leading to a small stand up space again with a sloped...
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