Loft Flooring Legs 175mm Insulation Spacer - 48 Pack

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Now screw the board into the legs beneath it using 2 per leg. This board should also have a total of 8 screws fixed into the loft legs. You reduce the amount of moist air within your home. Activities such as showering, cooking a dryer clothes create moisture. Any moist air within your home will raise when heating, thus entering your loft space. Make sure you install extractor fans in your bathroom and kitchen. Ideally you should choose extractors that directly vent to the outside, rather than recirculating ones. Insulation requirements for homes have increased dramatically over the years. Most older homes have insulation between the joists only, usually 100mm high. Loft boards were simply laid on top of the joists then screwed in. Current insulation requirements recommended by the Energy Saving Trust are 270mm. This figure is based on glass fibre wool insulation. This means you will have 100mm of glass mineral wool between your joists. Then you will have 200mm of glass mineral wall 90 degrees to this, between your loft legs. Like the image below, however this particular loft used space blanket insulation. This is basically glass fibre wool wrapped in aluminum foil: The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (Wednesday 22 November) announced a range of tax, benefits and savings measures. We round up the key announcements and what they mean for you.

If installing glass fibre wool, then googles are a must. It will prevent your eyes from being irritated by the insulation. Want to know how to board your loft? then you have come to the right place. Our skilled tradesmen have boarded many lofts in Essex and London. This article covers everything you need to know about how to board your loft. We take into account insulation requirements, storage and access. Why Board out your Loft? Lay a piece of plywood (cut to suit) adjacent to the loft hatch. This will make it easier to climb into the loft via your ladder. The diagram below provides an example of where your plywood could be fixed down.What height above the joists should I aim for given the 200mm of insulation? Should I clear the whole 200mm or would I get away with compressing it by 20-50mm? In the unlikely event that your delivery is not correct or damaged please notify us immediately and mark any issues on the delivery slip. Please note this product is not suitable for habitable rooms as the product is designed to fit on top of ceiling joists in boarded lofts used as storage. Dimensions Many screws are required when it comes to loft boarding. You will need 8 screws per loft leg. 4 screws to fix the loft leg to the joist. And another 4 to fix the loft board to the loft leg. Pozi drive drill bits enable you to use a cordless drill as a powerful screwdriver. An excellent cordless drill popular with building contractors. This powerful Milwaukee drill comes with charger and case.

Usually customers go for standard glass fibre insulation. It is the most cost effective solution. Loft Ventilation Government guidelines recommend that we insulate with 270mm of quilt insulation to achieve a U value of 0.16. Thermal studies have shown that compressing your insulation can reduce its thermal properties by more than 50%. A 175mm Loft Leg fixed on top of a 100mm truss or ceiling joist provides a lightweight, cost effective solution. Below is an image of a loft being topped up with more insulation. After we installed space blanket insulation between the rafters, we then placed 200mm space blanket on top. Always make sure you apply more insulation cross ways (90 degree’s to the insulation underneath). This helps to prevent cold spots within your loft. Loftlegs are strong and can support weights of 500kg however, they do not change the load bearing characteristics of a loft. Structural engineers recommend never storing more than 25kg per square metre of boarded area. Loading limit of existing ceiling structure should be confirmed by a structural engineer

You could do a variation on A by getting a couple of lengths of 100x100mm timber to make the legs and then use 47x100mm or perhaps 38x100mm timber for the joists. 100x100mm timber is common for fence posts. That way you would keep the 200mm for the fibreglass but have more stable joists for laying your floor on. The joists in option B won't be laterally stable till you screw the floor down. Did I mention that you don't need to bother screwing the floor down with the cellotex method other than at the hatch Planning permission is not required to board out a loft for the purpose of loft storage. Planning is only required if you are wanting to convert your loft into a living space, such as carrying out a loft conversion. The modern trend is to install down lights. However, such lighting does have a negative effect on insulation properties due to the amount of down lights required. Building regulations require a gap between your down lights and insulation. A generous gap ensures the down light will not overheat. Did you know that LED down lights can get very hot too due to there large heat sinks? Decide where in the loft you want your boarding. Your decision will be influenced by the shape and size of your loft. There may also be obstructions such as vertical beams at awkward angles.