Safezones and loft conversion

[TheGayOwl]

I can't back up my statement, but the slopes have all the characteristics of a ceiling IMO.

I agree. I would not fancy trying to hang a picture on the 'skeiling', so that makes it a skeiling ceiling in my book!

 

[nrwilliams]

The rafters are insulated with silver foil,

I hope for your sake you don't mean some kind of multifoil product.

What is it exactly, what's it made of, how thick is it, and what R value do the makers claim?

It is multifoil, but the rafters are 150mm, filled with 100mm celotex and then covered with the multifoil to achieve the necessary insulation values.

I have read a lot of good and bad reviews about these products so will see how it goes.

Thanks

 

[ebee]

"skeiling" ?

Is this perhaps a new slang work meaning SKewed - cEILING ?

As for BANs question about when a ceiling becomes a wall - good question, I`d never thought of that.

I suppose we could refer back to a sphere or a cylinder and place an imaginary level square inside it and say from the four corners that intersect on the circle denotes which are wall and which are ceilings - OK simple so far.

With sloping ceilings or wall then I think it might be either :-

anything within 45 degrees of vertical is a wall and anything within within 45 degrees of horizontal is a ceiling

or alternatively

anything within x degrees of vertical is a wall anything withing x degrees of horizontal is a ceiling and any other angle between those two is a "Skeiling" or some such other term. Only problem is do we define X as 10 degrees or 20 or ....... ?


Back to the OP

Why don`t you consult your local building control officer with your concerns?

 

[ban-all-sheds]

Is this perhaps a new slang work meaning SKewed - cEILING ?

Then my house also has many skwalls.

As for BANs question about when a ceiling becomes a wall - good question, I`d never thought of that.

Nor has I until this topic, and as soon as I did I envisaged a semi-circular structure like a Nissen hut.

I suppose we could refer back to a sphere or a cylinder and place an imaginary level square inside it and say from the four corners that intersect on the circle denotes which are wall and which are ceilings - OK simple so far.

With sloping ceilings or wall then I think it might be either :-

anything within 45 degrees of vertical is a wall and anything within within 45 degrees of horizontal is a ceiling

or alternatively

anything within x degrees of vertical is a wall anything withing x degrees of horizontal is a ceiling and any other angle between those two is a "Skeiling" or some such other term. Only problem is do we define X as 10 degrees or 20 or ....... ?

With loft conversions didn't there used to be either a rule about minimum floor area, or a method for calculating effective floor area which looked at the plane that intersected the roofline at a height of x above the finished floor level?

Maybe that plane could define the boundary between walls and ceiling?

 

[securespark]

Maybe that plane could define the boundary between walls and ceiling?

Is that the one on the conveyor belt?

 

[securespark]

I hope there aren't any dowlighters going in...

 

[mikhailfaradayski]

I hope there aren't any dowlighters going in...

won't they become anglighters? or maybe skotlights?

 

[mikhailfaradayski]

Maybe that plane could define the boundary between walls and ceiling?

Is that the one on the conveyor belt?

shhh, don't mention conveyor belts