Insulating A Loft Conversion as a Tenant? Any Tips?

marello

Hi All,

I've recently moved into a shared house, and my room is a loft conversion. I absolutely love living here and live with my landlord who is also a friend.

The one thing I'm really struggling with is how immensely cold it gets at night. My room itself has 4 reasonably sized cupboard doors in the wall. These open in to a small loft space. It does have insulation in there (I can see boards on the rafters and on the floors but at either end I can see bare brick. You can really feel a definite draft and hear the sounds from the street more clearly.

Anyway now the weather is getting colder I'm actually waking up in the night as my bedroom is getting so cold. I'm certain I can actually feel the wind blowing through these cupboard doors into my room.

My landlord's partner has offered to make a curtain to go behind these doors but I believe it needs something more substantial. My question is what is the best way to go about this and how do I attach it?

I don't want to cause too much hassle to my friend or damage his property as I feel quite bad for complaining. However, I also don't want to have to spend a lot of money on something a tenant wouldn't normally do.

I was thinking of buying a roll or two of loft insulation and literally just covering the wall that seperates the loft and my bedroom and behind the loft doors but I don't know how best to attach it?

Any help would be much appreciated.

Southend1

You could use sheets of polystyrene insulation board across the back of the cupboards? And draught excluder to seal the gaps between the doors and doorframes.

Norman_Castle

I would start by stopping the draught entering your room.. Draught excluder is cheap or use rolled plastic bags if the doors are never opened. Also look for gaps elsewhere between this roof space and your room. Check where the wall meets the floor.

macman

An electric blanket will be cheap and effective for local overnight heat.