Boarding Loft - Roof tiles

[matt80]

Hi,

When standing inside my loft, the roof tiles are bare and are the only thing between the inside of the loft and the outside. It makes the loft area very cold and drafty, which tends to blow an awful lot (and I mean a LOT!) of dust around.

Is this usual? I have been contemplating putting up boards between the wooden beams that run up the roof to add an extra layer between the inside of the loft and the roof tiles. I then thought of putting insulation inbetween the two... effectively insulating the roof. Is this good practice?

Thanks

 

[masona]

Best to leave it alone providing you have good ceiling insulation, I have used pegboard sheets behind the rafter which seem to control the dusts and it's still ventilated, you can get breathable membrane sheet instead if your worry about the dust. It's very important to have plenty ventilation in the roof area.

 

[matt80]

masona - thanks for the reply.

can you tell me more about the materials you have mentioned - pegboard sheets and breathable membrane sheets. what are they and where could i get them? thanks again

 

[masona]

Pegboard is made of hardboard in difference sheet sizes with holes and it's 3mm thickness available from most timber or builder merchants

The breathable membrane available roofing merchants or most builder merchants, a bit like roofing felt

 

[matt80]

apologies if i'm being dim, but if the pegboard has holes in it will it make a lot of difference? or are they very small holes?

 

[kevnurse]

Matt, unless you have a use for the loft space, you are best leaving the tiles and rafters alone. If its very cold up there, the insulation is doing its job. However, if you think you are losing heat into the loft and then out through the roof, you only need to put more wool down. Everything I store in my loft goes into a bin liner then a cardboard box.