I want to use my loft for storage at the moment, with a view to converting it at a later date (keeping in mind all the increased floor strength needed etc)
Our roof has no lining so our roof tiles are exposed with some sort of sand/cement mix holding each tile on which slowly crumbles and drops into the loft space causing a sandy dusty mess everywhere.
there is some old insulation in the loft and no boards down at all
I want to put down some boards for storage and try to stop the sand and dust settling on it
my questions are
1) as i put down boards to avoid stepping through ceiling and for placing boxes etc on should i insulate below and if so do i need to leave an air gap?
2) to stop the sand and stuff falling my thoughts have varied from
a) just covering it all with a tarp (least favourite idea but easiest to do)
b) stapling a damp proof membrane to the underneath rafters
c) rafters are 75mm deep, is there any reason why i cant put 25mm kingspan leaving the required 50mm air gap and board over in the half i am going to use as storage? keeping the crap from falling on my stuff and reducing the size of the job in the future when i board out the rest?
Our roof has no lining so our roof tiles are exposed with some sort of sand/cement mix holding each tile on which slowly crumbles and drops into the loft space causing a sandy dusty mess everywhere.
there is some old insulation in the loft and no boards down at all
I want to put down some boards for storage and try to stop the sand and dust settling on it
my questions are
1) as i put down boards to avoid stepping through ceiling and for placing boxes etc on should i insulate below and if so do i need to leave an air gap?
2) to stop the sand and stuff falling my thoughts have varied from
a) just covering it all with a tarp (least favourite idea but easiest to do)
b) stapling a damp proof membrane to the underneath rafters
c) rafters are 75mm deep, is there any reason why i cant put 25mm kingspan leaving the required 50mm air gap and board over in the half i am going to use as storage? keeping the crap from falling on my stuff and reducing the size of the job in the future when i board out the rest?