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Insulating your loft
Insulating your loft or roof space is a job any half competent DiY person can do in a less than a day. A massive amount of your expensive home heat escapes through the ceilings of the upper floor of your house. Fitting fibre glass insulation in the roof space acts like a woollen jumper, trapping air in small spaces, meaning that heat escapes more slowly. Houses in the 1970s were built with 2 inches of insulation in the roof. By the 1980s this was upgraded to 3 inches. New houses have 12 inches of roof insulation and are a lot warmer. You can buy rolls of insulation from any DiY store to do this job. Measure how far apart the wooden joists are in your loft. Check what insulation is already there. Calculate what length of insulation you will need to fill the gaps between the joists. Buy plenty of rolls of insulation to do the job. The rolls are bulky but lightweight. You will only fit about six into most cars, so if you can borrow a van it will save you a few trips. You have a choice of insulating materials. You can buy compressed fibre glass rolls which are very messy. You can buy "space blanket" rolls of fibre glass with a shiny polythene wrapper. You can also find rolls of polyester, made from waste plastic bottles for a slightly higher price. The polyester should be totally itch free, the unwrapped glass fibre is a nightmare. If you are using glass fibre then buy a face mask from the same place, these "nuisance" type masks are cheap. Spring is a good time to buy your insulation because the shops want to use their storage space for summer goods and sell off rolls of loft insulation at half price or less. Doing the job is not fun. You need to make space to work by moving any stored items before you start. You will also need torches and lamps. The loft is a dusty, filthy place and you will be black with dust by the time the job is done. Wear very old clothes, gloves and a hat and throw them all away when you have finished. Loft spaces are icy cold in the winter and like ovens in the summer, so there is never a good time to do this job. Spring and autumn are the best times though. |
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