If you look up at a roof from inside the loftspace...

[Onket]

...what are you supposed to be able to see?

More than just the wood & the slates, surely?

 

[zenie]

insualtion, generally.

 

[cesare]

I wouldn't want to see sky

 

[Onket]

insualtion, generally.

Is that on top of the ceiling though, not up next to the slates?

 

[TopCat]

There should be roof felt.

 

[Onket]

There should be roof felt.

This is what I was thinking.

 

[TopCat]

If there is no felt, you will loosing a lot of heat. That said the insulation between the rafters is what keep the heat in the lived in areas "down below".

 

[zenie]

Is that on top of the ceiling though, not up next to the slates?

No, it's usually behind the slates and felt on the actual roof. (viewing from outside)

IME it goes a bit like this

roof slates
wood and felt that the slates sit on/are nailed too
insulation (quite often nasty hairy fibreglass stuff in older house)
air/loft space
floor of loft
more insualtion
ceiling

 

[TopCat]

Don't fall through the floor of the loft whilst you stare at the roof Onket.

 

[5t3IIa]

I think there's a pic coming! Exciting!

 

[Onket]

I think there's a pic coming! Exciting!

Yes, there's a pic coming!

 

[zenie]

Is this why your flat's cold Onket?

 

[TopCat]

Insulate the space!!!!

I can do that too. £40 plus the lagging.

 

[strung out]

interesting

 

[Onket]

Is this why your flat's cold Onket?

It's not my flat.

My flat is cold cos I can't afford to have the heating on.

 

[TopCat]

It's not my flat.

My flat is cold cos I can't afford to have the heating on.

You always own your own home.

 

[zenie]

It's not my flat.

My flat is cold cos I can't afford to have the heating on.

I see!

I don't think your flat's cold btw.

 

[Onket]

Insulate the space!!!!

I can do that too. £40 plus the lagging.

I think there's some fibreglass up there, on top of the ceiling in the roofspace. Anyway, when Stells posts the picture you will see what I saw when looking up through the hatch.

I'm sure there should be more than just the tiles & the beams.

 

[5t3IIa]

Onket's loft space The loft space to which Onket is referring

 

[TopCat]

I think there's some fibreglass up there, on top of the ceiling in the roofspace. Anyway, when Stells posts the picture you will see what I saw when looking up through the hatch.

I'm sure there should be more than just the tiles & the beams.

As long as there is no liquid ingress you should be ok but cold. You need a foot of insulation to keep any heat you can afford to have in.

 

[TopCat]

Onket's loft space

You need to show the floor!

 

[Onket]

Is this why your flat's cold Onket?

I don't think your flat's cold btw.

Anyway, this is a serious thread.

 

[Onket]

You need to show the floor!

I'm not asking about that, I'm asking about what you can see in the pic!!

Onket's loft space

No it isn't. But thanks for posting it, Stella.

 

[quimcunx]

That is a lovely pic, onkey.

Why are we looking at it?

 

[TopCat]

I'm not asking about that, I'm asking about what you can see in the pic!!



No it isn't. But thanks for posting it, Stella.

You should have felt. What you have contravenes building regulations.

I think.

Maybe.

That bastard Hoogstraaten replaced a tenants roof with one made from corrugated iron once so I could be completely misinformed.

 

[zenie]

Anyway, this is a serious thread.

Wasn't a serious q.

And I think I've been very bloody helpful

 

[Onket]

You should have felt. What you have contravenes building regulations.

Very interesting. Cheers mate.

Actually- Is it one of those regulations that only applies now, and not to when the building was built? Or one where the property should have been upgraded when the regs came in?

 

[TopCat]

Very interesting. Cheers mate.

Actually- Is it one of those regulations that only applies now, and not to when the building was built? Or one where the property should have been upgraded when the regs came in?

It is always about what regulations were in force when the roof was put on.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

...what are you supposed to be able to see?

More than just the wood & the slates, surely?

I don't think so. I never have.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

No, it's usually behind the slates and felt on the actual roof. (viewing from outside)

IME it goes a bit like this

roof slates
wood and felt that the slates sit on/are nailed too
insulation (quite often nasty hairy fibreglass stuff in older house)
air/loft space
floor of loft
more insualtion
ceiling

Uh oh, really?