Insulation

ballyharpat

Hey,
I have a trreced house, there is an extension on the back, just ground floor with a flat torch on roof. there is 10 inches between the ceiling and the plywood. I was installing a light this morning and confirmed my belief that there is no insulation.
I just installed a new kitchen and really do not want to rip down the ceiling to insulate.
Has anyone solved a similar problem to this?
Any and all suggestions are appreciated, thanks,

Patrick.

irelandhouse

you kinda stuck.

can either put insulation externally on the roof, but you are re-coving and then leaving all them deadspace below the current roof.

if its not a huge space, taking down the curret internal insulating properly and putting it back up might be your best, and least costly option ?

a good plasterer would make a good job or you could go down the route of taping and jointing or even timber clad it ?

brendankelly

The first <snip> job we did was on a house with a grass roof. The client wanted Cellulose insulation so we fixed the boards, drilled holes in them and pumped in the insulation and plastered over the entire ceiling. A perfect job.

ballyharpat

Thanks Brendan, that is what I was hoping could be done, I really do not intend tearing down the ceiling as I just put in a new kitchen and renovated the house, so don't want to turn it into a construction zone again.

Spread

Alternatively you can batten out the ceiling, screw 50mm insulated boards on and skim. That will stop a moisture track underneath the joists when doing a lot of cooking.