How to Insulate Your Loft | ADVICE | Homebuilding
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2020
- SPONSORED | How to Insulate your Loft with Stone Wool.
The Homebuilding & Renovating guide to insulating your attic space, in association with ROCKWOOL.
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Homebuilding & Renovating have teamed up with ROCKWOOL to provide this step-by-step guide to insulating your loft. Starting with the benefits of insulation, the key features of the ROCKWOOL products, and then a beginning to end guide, talking through the process of laying the insulation.
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00.00 - 01.25: Why Insulate your Loft?
01.25 - 04.45: What Insulation Materials are Available?
04.45 - 06.52: Preparing Your Loft
06.52 - 07.41: Measuring Up
07.41 - 08.32: Tools for the Job
08.32 - 12.27: Fitting the Insulation
Just off to buy some insulation so that guy doesn't kill me
Thanks but are the spotlight covers really needed? I thought they’d only be needed for halogens. I have the Philips hue spotlights which are LED, so shouldn’t give off heat, but they don’t give a description of the fire rating…
Based on this video - for any sections I don’t want to board. Is it best to run the first 100mm parallel to the joists in the voids…then the 200mm ontop of that should run at a 90degree angle laid on top?
Are you supposed to leave a gap at the edges of the roof to allow air flow. Thanks
Dissapointed thst you dont mention the air gap between insulation and boards
What about putting the insulation up to where the roof meets the loft floor is there any rules around that?
Is it best to install a moisture barrier before laying blanket insulation?
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Great explained. I am only concerned if the cables and junction boxes should not be covered before putting insulation on? I have seen some kind of pvc protectors for cables. Do you think it would be good idea to use them or not necessary?
Thank you for the video. My only question is our current insulation is 300mm but not boarded. We want to board it to use for storage. Our potential contractor keeps saying we can can lay the floor boards directly on the joists without suppressing the insulation and removing the excess of the insulation to cover the rest of attic side or something. It does not recommend using ‘joist legs’. Is this acceptable? Would you recommend joist legs or directly putting the boards on top of the joist? He says he want squash the insulation but cut it and put around the sides or something like that.
Great video, one of the Best i ever saw!
Itchy as a mofo though 🤨
nice explanation video! I only have a question why you are not using vapour barrier under insulation ?
Should I insulate the pitched roof? With Insulation board etc? and do i need a membrane of some sort? Basically, in my loft Im looking at the reverse of the slate.
NOT really helpful as i want to actually USE my loft.
the lady is lovely :) but the bloke is over caffeinated
I have a ceiling which curves down to meet the wall behind which the soffit area is situated.
I'm doing loft insulation taking out the old and putting in new. I've got a hip roof at front of the house which caters for the bedroom bay window. Can I insulate the joists in the hip roof and add a top layer?
Great video, what do you recommend doing around the eaves to help maintain cross ventilation?
Thanks for a great video. I had a contractor come in on a government grant and they laid the insulation across timbers, long ways. They said that, that was the best way to stop drafts and the other way (the usual way) was incorrect. I now have condensation. I think i may go up and 1. Check the ventilation and 2. Turn it round.