I am currently re-boarding my loft (previous owner - botched job, nuff said) and taking the opportunity to lay more loft insulation in the process.
The existing insulation is only a few inches deep so I am topping up with 150mm deep Spaceblanket over the top. These are unrolled easily down the length of the joists and I have enough slack in all electrical cables to lift them to run on top of the new insulation.
Having added this top up insulation, it is proud of the joist top by 20-30mm in places. My plan is to lay the boards on top and just compress the insulation in the process (have tested this and it works no problem).
My question is - is this okay from an electrical cable perspective. Cables are on top of all the insulation, but will be pretty tight against the underside of the loft boards because I have compressed the insulation slightly. Is that okay?
Any thoughts welcome!
The existing insulation is only a few inches deep so I am topping up with 150mm deep Spaceblanket over the top. These are unrolled easily down the length of the joists and I have enough slack in all electrical cables to lift them to run on top of the new insulation.
Having added this top up insulation, it is proud of the joist top by 20-30mm in places. My plan is to lay the boards on top and just compress the insulation in the process (have tested this and it works no problem).
My question is - is this okay from an electrical cable perspective. Cables are on top of all the insulation, but will be pretty tight against the underside of the loft boards because I have compressed the insulation slightly. Is that okay?
Any thoughts welcome!