My loft is being professionally insulated tomorrow with blown material. The company say that the insulation will completely cover the joists and they will put warning signs up there. I am slightly disabled and would prefer to have the stuff just up to the top of the joists so I can get about easier up there. Is this a reasonable request to make or am I negating the effectiveness of the process?
Urgent advice needed about insulation
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If you are having your loft insulated by a scheme subsidised by the energy companies or government, I believe they are obliged to put in the legal requirement of 250 mm which is likely to be way over your joists.
If you are paying on your own initiative, i imagine you could stipulate what you wish ( but not 100% certain)
Whichever it is, you should take care that any cable carrying heavy load e,g, electric shower or immersion heater is not buried as this risks overheating,
If you are paying on your own initiative, i imagine you could stipulate what you wish ( but not 100% certain)
Whichever it is, you should take care that any cable carrying heavy load e,g, electric shower or immersion heater is not buried as this risks overheating,
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