ceiling insulation

Hi All, We have a kitchen which is absolutely freezing in the winter, because there is no insulation in the roof. Please see attached picture, we have rafters which are 42mm deep, with plywood, a membrane and the on slate on top of those rafters (no insulation). I would like to buy 40mm PIR...

New single storey side extension (wc/ utility & office) with tiled pitched roof (inc breathable membrane/felt) with rafters & ceiling joists So small void /storage area potentially all be it small, and insulation is priority Double skin (Con. blocks, cavity insulation , Fenlite Con blocks,)...

Is this ok? I ripped down an old lath and plaster ceiling (immedately regretted it) firstly doing an Asbestos Test via online lab - that was clear. Then put insulation straight over joists like this with 48MM thk insulation, and foam glue onto the walls (c. 5mm thk foam bead) : left air gap...

Hi all, I am looking to internally insulate my bathroom. The bathroom sits above my kitchen under a pitched roof so the space is very limited (see pics). Construction is solid wall with lime plaster so I can chip off the old lime batten and insulate the walls. The problem I am having is the...

Hi All, I have a cold stairway with a high ceiling and short upstairs corridor (1m wide). The roof cavity above is hard to access, has some insulation but not much. Hence warm air rises up the stair well to the ceiling, pools in this area and escapes. Picture included hopefully or will be...

I'm in Spain ... ceiling with water damage .. need to repair ceiling tiles & plaster after fixing leak .. I'm worried these ceiling tiles may be asbestos insulation tiles .. this extension was done in the mid 70-80 's in Spain .

new built detached outbuilding/store/workshop modern build concrete blocks/cavity insulation/thermalite blocks inside (won't be skimmed or boarded) floor insulated mono pitched low pitched roof occasional heat but more about keeping stuff dry as opposed to getting moisture damage in old shed...

Made a video of insulating the ceiling below to stop heat rising from the bedrooms below and causing the loft to over heat in the summer and prevent the central heating in the summer sending all the heat to loft from the rooms below and allowing the TRV working at full efficienecy.

I am in the middle of a refurb and I have taken down the plasterboard ceilings in the rooms on the top floor of my house in order to access cabling routes and get rid of an ugly artex problem. I would like to take the opportunity to put some Rockwool in the ceiling before I put up new...

I have a small kitchen (2.0m x 3.9m) with a low (2.1m) ceiling. I am going to have a new kitchen fitted and plan to do a lot of the prep work myself. The current ceiling is plasterboard and is badly marked and as I want the spot light in new positions I need to replace it. I wondered if there...

The 3rd room in my house is very cold and turning the radiator on in that room has little impact. The room is basically a box room and the roof sloped down over it meaning there is a slope in the ceiling. There is a small door in the room leading to a small stand up space again with a sloped...