Lesgrandepotato Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Before I buy 300mm of knauf loftwool and lay it in is there anything I should be doing instead? It’s a fairly regular 70’s house heavily renovated. Not terribly high performance but should meet current BR standards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisb Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Note that Selco seem to have a good deal on their short roll stuff at the moment. https://www.selcobw.com/products/insulation/loft-insulation/earthwool-44-short-len-loft-insulation-100mm-8-30m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 34 minutes ago, Lesgrandepotato said: Before I buy 300mm of knauf loftwool and lay it in is there anything I should be doing instead? It’s a fairly regular 70’s house heavily renovated. Not terribly high performance but should meet current BR standards! It's usually recommended to get any existing wiring above the new insulation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Depends how much you need. Wickes have it on 3 for 2 at the moment so you can get Knauf 170mm Standard Top Up Loft Roll Insulation for £16.66 a roll and then take off 15% with BLACK15 for the next few days. Makes it £2.30sqm or £4.60 if you go for 340mm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, Lesgrandepotato said: Before I buy 300mm of knauf loftwool and lay it in is there anything I should be doing instead? It’s a fairly regular 70’s house heavily renovated. Not terribly high performance but should meet current BR standards! Before I did my latest but one we did an Osb pathway / platform to the boiler under the top layer to help gas engineers, and insulated the pipes up there. Also what is your current insulation level? Under 100mm ( or if you reduce it) and you can probably get it done free. Guess where the rockwool under the floor of the LBB came from. Edited December 3, 2017 by Ferdinand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted December 3, 2017 Author Share Posted December 3, 2017 Good call Ferdinand. We currently have no insulation at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted December 3, 2017 Share Posted December 3, 2017 5 minutes ago, Lesgrandepotato said: Good call Ferdinand. We currently have no insulation at all... The technique is to talk to the EST helpline, and ask for your local organisation involved. 0300 123 1234 There may be some wrinkles around new build vs conversion, occupation etc. You need to check. For rentals iirc I have to have a tenant in situ before I can get it done, but once you ask them it is an inspection then install within a few days. They work quickly, so if eg you have gables that are walled off that you want insulating then make them accessible before the survey. When I had the Little Red House I just mentioned on the other thread done, they were in and out within 20 minutes. I last had one of these at this time in 2016. Given that your building is idiosyncratic, I am not sure how it will pan out. If you can update us with your experience that would be great. F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesgrandepotato Posted December 11, 2017 Author Share Posted December 11, 2017 Not managed to get it free... so 670 dispatched for 140sqm of the stuff. That’s a lovely pre Xmas job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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