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Hi,
My mum was visited by a rep from an insulation company. Since she's about to sell the house, she went ahead with their offer to better-insulate the home.
About 15 years ago, she had the loft converted into a bedroom. The room was 'squared-off', which created handy storage 'rooms' on opposite sides of the bedroom (where the roof meets the house wall).
The insulation person surveyed the re-purposed attic space, and quoted £210 to make it 'better insulated'.
As instructed by the insulation company, my mum cleared everything out of the large storage space. The insulation company arrived a couple of days later and were done within an hour or two.
My mum was working when it was installed, and when she got home after the insulation work was complete, she was a bit disappointed.
The insulation company had simply laid 270mm of glass-fibre insulation on top of the existing floor boards. Nothing else was done.
To me, this seems completely useless. Aside from the fact that she now has 32 square meters of unusable storage space, I don't see what insulation benefits this has.
I always thought that insulation was about keeping heat within the home. The floor area they've insulated equates to approx one third of the total floor space at that level (the remaining 2 thirds being the actual bedroom). I don't see how it will stop any more heat leaving the house.
I'm also concerned about the glass fibres in the bedroom space. The storace space is obviously partitioned from the bedroom with two small access doors, but is this safe? The people installing it wore respirators.
After their efforts, the temperature inside the storage spaces is still the same. It still continues to chill the bedroom the same as it did before, and the house is now 32 sq m down.
If anything, this insulation has devalued the house, not added value.
Can anyone who knows better on me comment on whether this sounds like a good solution, and if they would have chosen to do the same?
Many thanks,
Fish
My mum was visited by a rep from an insulation company. Since she's about to sell the house, she went ahead with their offer to better-insulate the home.
About 15 years ago, she had the loft converted into a bedroom. The room was 'squared-off', which created handy storage 'rooms' on opposite sides of the bedroom (where the roof meets the house wall).
The insulation person surveyed the re-purposed attic space, and quoted £210 to make it 'better insulated'.
As instructed by the insulation company, my mum cleared everything out of the large storage space. The insulation company arrived a couple of days later and were done within an hour or two.
My mum was working when it was installed, and when she got home after the insulation work was complete, she was a bit disappointed.
The insulation company had simply laid 270mm of glass-fibre insulation on top of the existing floor boards. Nothing else was done.
To me, this seems completely useless. Aside from the fact that she now has 32 square meters of unusable storage space, I don't see what insulation benefits this has.
I always thought that insulation was about keeping heat within the home. The floor area they've insulated equates to approx one third of the total floor space at that level (the remaining 2 thirds being the actual bedroom). I don't see how it will stop any more heat leaving the house.
I'm also concerned about the glass fibres in the bedroom space. The storace space is obviously partitioned from the bedroom with two small access doors, but is this safe? The people installing it wore respirators.
After their efforts, the temperature inside the storage spaces is still the same. It still continues to chill the bedroom the same as it did before, and the house is now 32 sq m down.
If anything, this insulation has devalued the house, not added value.
Can anyone who knows better on me comment on whether this sounds like a good solution, and if they would have chosen to do the same?
Many thanks,
Fish