insulation for a attic room

jim-jim

Hi there,

we live in a 1900 miners terraced house with the attic as a room. This is not a conversion, as all the houses on the block are the same.

How can we insulate up there? There are 2 velux windows on either side of the roof, no access to the eaves and no loft space. We had the tiles replaced about 8 years ago, but not convinced any insulation was or could have been used.

All the brick and plaster in the house has been mixed with coal dust (all black) so if we took the ceilings/sloping roof wall off the mess would be messy!!

Any ideas

Many thanks x

System

the best solution is to drop the ceilings and insulate between the roof rafters - you potentially could have done it from the outside when you had the tiles off (presuming you are in england) but you've missed that boat.
It's going to be messy

Doozergirl

The roof should have been insulated when the tiles were replaced - an application should have been made to building control. Presumably it wasn't, but that is what building regs are there for, really; to ensure appropriate upgrades when you carry out certain works.

The plaster should come off inside and insulation placed between the rafters. That is the proper and warmest way of doing it.

A less messy way might be to apply insulated plasterboard to what is already there, but you have to be sure of hitting all the rafters. It probably won't cost any less than doing it properly as insulated plasterboard is expensive and you won't use the same thickness as you would if insulating between rafters and it needs to be skimmed either way.