Loft Roof Insulation Panels

It makes adding insulation to your attic a breeze.

Loft roof insulation panels.

Loft insulation is a barrier of material within your roof space. Batts come in pre cut lengths which makes installation fast and easy especially for framed spaces. Blown in insulation is installed using blowing machines. Boards must be cut to the correct width so that they fit snugly between the rafters.

It can either be laid between the joists the horizontal beams along the floor of your attic or the rafters the angled beams that support the roof. You can use rigid insulation board carefully cut to size or you can have foam insulation sprayed between the rafters. These insulation panels also provide excellent noise control. They can then be covered by insulated plasterboard.

The recommended depth of blanket style insulation glass or mineral wool for a loft is 250 to 270 mm. If you already have insulation but it was put in some time ago it is worth checking the. If you want to use your loft as a living space you can insulate your room in the roof by insulating the roof with fixed rigid insulation boards between the roof rafters. Insulating the rafter space will give you a warm loft.

An alternative way to insulate your loft is to fit the insulation between and over the rafters these are the sloping timbers that make up the roof itself.