Comments on: The Joy of Loft Insulation. http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/ An Evolving Exploration into the Head, Heart and Hands of Energy Descent Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:10:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/comment-page-1/#comment-60902 Rob Sun, 04 Jan 2009 21:36:24 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/#comment-60902 Hi Graham Great to hear you have done the loft! In terms of whether the house feels any warmer, hard to say. It does in some places, but not everywhere, and you do have to still get heat in there in the first place.... I have noticed a difference though. Doing the floor made a more immediately noticable difference though. In terms of why do the vertical bits, its because in my roof there are vertical wall bits that are part of the building envelope... sorry to put you off doing the floors... it is definitely worth the effort! Happy new year.... Hi Graham
Great to hear you have done the loft! In terms of whether the house feels any warmer, hard to say. It does in some places, but not everywhere, and you do have to still get heat in there in the first place…. I have noticed a difference though. Doing the floor made a more immediately noticable difference though. In terms of why do the vertical bits, its because in my roof there are vertical wall bits that are part of the building envelope… sorry to put you off doing the floors… it is definitely worth the effort! Happy new year….

]]> By: Graham Burnett http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/comment-page-1/#comment-60901 Graham Burnett Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:07:17 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/#comment-60901 BTW, I've noticed that there are huge fluctuations in the price of loft insulation at the moment, initially I bought 12 rolls (4 packs of 3)from B&Q at a tenner a pack. Later I saw some Ecowool in Homebase at 4.40 a roll, but with a BOGOF offer making it 2.20 a roll. It took me a few days to arrange transport with a car owning friend, but by the time we returned the BOGOF had not only finished, but the Ecowool had gone up to about 6 quid a roll (but with a 10% discount???) so it was back to B&Q, where the Top Up packs I'd previously paid ten quid each for had gone down to a fiver a pack... the pricing of gas and oil is nothing compared to the fluctuating value of loft insulation it seems... PS. I hate shopping in these superstores, particularly the out of town B&Q, but like you say Rob, its all about compromise and what is affordable... BTW, I’ve noticed that there are huge fluctuations in the price of loft insulation at the moment, initially I bought 12 rolls (4 packs of 3)from B&Q at a tenner a pack. Later I saw some Ecowool in Homebase at 4.40 a roll, but with a BOGOF offer making it 2.20 a roll. It took me a few days to arrange transport with a car owning friend, but by the time we returned the BOGOF had not only finished, but the Ecowool had gone up to about 6 quid a roll (but with a 10% discount???) so it was back to B&Q, where the Top Up packs I’d previously paid ten quid each for had gone down to a fiver a pack…

the pricing of gas and oil is nothing compared to the fluctuating value of loft insulation it seems…

PS. I hate shopping in these superstores, particularly the out of town B&Q, but like you say Rob, its all about compromise and what is affordable…

]]> By: Graham Burnett http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/comment-page-1/#comment-60900 Graham Burnett Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:52:41 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/#comment-60900 PS, why did you need to do the vertical insulation in places? PS, why did you need to do the vertical insulation in places?

]]> By: Graham Burnett http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/comment-page-1/#comment-60899 Graham Burnett Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:51:32 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/#comment-60899 Hi Rob, I've just insulated our loft, been meaning to do it for years but putting it off as one does... Our house is a Victorian Terrace, built @ 1910 I think, but the loft sounds similar to yours, ie, previously there was 70mm of what looks like rockwool between the joists, which I've now topped up by 200mm all over, but doubled up in places (ie to 400mm), particularly over my duaghters north facing bedroom which never seems to really warm up properly. So, one year later, do you think your house really is warmer. I'm sure ours is, although I only finished an hour or so ago!! But then anthing feels warm after a few hours in our attic... I'll try and do a write up for the Transition Westcliff blog... However I must say your other posting has totally put me off the idea of underfloor insulation Hi Rob, I’ve just insulated our loft, been meaning to do it for years but putting it off as one does… Our house is a Victorian Terrace, built @ 1910 I think, but the loft sounds similar to yours, ie, previously there was 70mm of what looks like rockwool between the joists, which I’ve now topped up by 200mm all over, but doubled up in places (ie to 400mm), particularly over my duaghters north facing bedroom which never seems to really warm up properly.

So, one year later, do you think your house really is warmer. I’m sure ours is, although I only finished an hour or so ago!! But then anthing feels warm after a few hours in our attic… I’ll try and do a write up for the Transition Westcliff blog…

However I must say your other posting has totally put me off the idea of underfloor insulation

]]> By: Candy http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/comment-page-1/#comment-54324 Candy Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:07:24 +0000 http://transitionculture.org/2008/01/09/up-in-the-loft/#comment-54324 <p>I need to insulate a 'room' in our loft. What did you use to hold the vertical insulation in place?</p> I need to insulate a ‘room’ in our loft. What did you use to hold the vertical insulation in place?

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