Hi,
I have a loft room in the house we've recently bought that I need to sort out and as a total novice I'd appreciate some pointers if possible.
The whole room seems to be boarded with flimsy fibre board of some kind. The ceiling then has a layer of polystyrene glued to the board, and the whole room then has thick wallpaper all over. I'd like the walls/ceiling to be plasterboard, and insulated, but I'm not sure of the best way to go about this.
My thoughts are whether to board over what's there, or pull it all back to the joists and do it from scratch. I'm honestly not a perfectionist when it comes to this type of job and would gladly choose the easier options.
If I board over what's there, with an insulated plasterboard, this would add around 50mm to every surface which is fine. BUT, I don't think I'd be able to access the space above the current layers to fill it with some deep insulation as well. IF I pull everything away I could properly insulate above and between the joists before attaching plasterboard.
The walls are going to be built out a bit to create enclosed storage in the eaves section. I'd like not to have to board all of the walls too, but if I board the ceiling then what do I do with the join at the edge, where the new plasterboards would meet the old stuff? The current join is floating, there's no joist or support behind it, so the edges of the fibreboard meet at an angle, unsupported, and are joined by the wallpaper!
On to the stud walls that I'll be building to create the closed storage - how would I attach the cls timber framework at the top? I guess I'll have to channel through the fibreboard on the eaves and fix them to the solid roof framework?
I'll add some photos and if anyone has ten minutes to offer any tips, which order to do things in and so on it'd be greatly appreciated!
https://postimg.org/gallery/29gq1lnxg/
I have a loft room in the house we've recently bought that I need to sort out and as a total novice I'd appreciate some pointers if possible.
The whole room seems to be boarded with flimsy fibre board of some kind. The ceiling then has a layer of polystyrene glued to the board, and the whole room then has thick wallpaper all over. I'd like the walls/ceiling to be plasterboard, and insulated, but I'm not sure of the best way to go about this.
My thoughts are whether to board over what's there, or pull it all back to the joists and do it from scratch. I'm honestly not a perfectionist when it comes to this type of job and would gladly choose the easier options.
If I board over what's there, with an insulated plasterboard, this would add around 50mm to every surface which is fine. BUT, I don't think I'd be able to access the space above the current layers to fill it with some deep insulation as well. IF I pull everything away I could properly insulate above and between the joists before attaching plasterboard.
The walls are going to be built out a bit to create enclosed storage in the eaves section. I'd like not to have to board all of the walls too, but if I board the ceiling then what do I do with the join at the edge, where the new plasterboards would meet the old stuff? The current join is floating, there's no joist or support behind it, so the edges of the fibreboard meet at an angle, unsupported, and are joined by the wallpaper!
On to the stud walls that I'll be building to create the closed storage - how would I attach the cls timber framework at the top? I guess I'll have to channel through the fibreboard on the eaves and fix them to the solid roof framework?
I'll add some photos and if anyone has ten minutes to offer any tips, which order to do things in and so on it'd be greatly appreciated!
https://postimg.org/gallery/29gq1lnxg/
