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Hi All,
The next job on my house is going to be getting the loft sorted. I've attached some pictures which shows the general state of things now. For the most part there is about 25-30cm of insulation but the section that is boarded (onto the ceiling joists) just has maybe 1-2 inches of very old insulation in it.
So, my plan is to take up the existing boarded area and remove the old insulation below as it looks pretty knackered (think it's fibreglass type stuff), replace this with 100mm Earthwool, then install loft legs, then cross over with 170mm on earthwork before boarding onto the loft legs. Hoping to get a 4x4m area done which should give me the storage space I need for now.
One question I have it the ceiling joists are 3x2 (80mm deep), so wondering would fitting 100mm of earthwool between joists be too thick and compress it too much, or could it just rise above the joists given I'm just sticking 170mm of insulation across it anyway?
Another question is what insulation would be reasonable to use, been looking at Knauf Earthwool?
Thanks for your help,
Dan
The next job on my house is going to be getting the loft sorted. I've attached some pictures which shows the general state of things now. For the most part there is about 25-30cm of insulation but the section that is boarded (onto the ceiling joists) just has maybe 1-2 inches of very old insulation in it.
So, my plan is to take up the existing boarded area and remove the old insulation below as it looks pretty knackered (think it's fibreglass type stuff), replace this with 100mm Earthwool, then install loft legs, then cross over with 170mm on earthwork before boarding onto the loft legs. Hoping to get a 4x4m area done which should give me the storage space I need for now.
One question I have it the ceiling joists are 3x2 (80mm deep), so wondering would fitting 100mm of earthwool between joists be too thick and compress it too much, or could it just rise above the joists given I'm just sticking 170mm of insulation across it anyway?
Another question is what insulation would be reasonable to use, been looking at Knauf Earthwool?
Thanks for your help,
Dan
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