Loft Flooring and 270mm Insulation

Blue_Lou

djohn2002uk wrote:

A better solution is as I did. Put 4 x 2 on top screwed with 6" screws. When you put the flooring down, screw to every joist, just a couple of screws in each board will make it very stable.
Increasing the joists to 8" will mean a lot less compression of the insulation.

Do you have any photographs of your loft ?(I know it's an odd question!)

djohn2002uk

Blue_Lou wrote:

Do you have any photographs of your loft ?(I know it's an odd question!)

No I don't but you wouldn't see anything but floorboards anyway. If you want to know about how I did it in more detail just ask or send a PM.

Coveredinbees!!!!

Are you going to build your dad a scalextric when your done too? When I did my loft I just did the bit I was covering in boarding up to the joist and then put old carpet on top of that the boards. The carpet must give a degree of insulation plus the junk your going to bung up there on top. Personally I may go for a train set when I get a bit of time.

bcoman

If you compress 270mm insulation down to 100mm its only as effective as 100mm i.e. very little improvement over whats already there