We are boarding out our loft but the builder says currently the joists will only give space for 70mm insulation which is obviously inadequate- so he proposes building up the joists with 2by4 and getting it up to 150mm insulation better but still half of the optimum 300mm they reccomend. (currently there is 200mm in there. Alternately he proposes using some stuff called tri iso super 10 which is 30mm thick but gives equivalent of 210mm insulation on top plus using some of our existing insulation on top to give optimum insulation before boarding over.
Price wise- building up joists etc wood and labour is going to be £330 or tri iso stuff £500-600 (but no labour charge). So what to do?
Does anyone know of any similar product to this tri iso super 10 stuff which is cheaper!? help me decide! Any other pitfalls I need to think about?
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urgent help needed with loft insulation!
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Thandeka · 08/02/2011 19:44
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