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When laid correctly like this, the edge of any loft board that meets a joist can then be screwed down and fully supported. Cutting and Screwing Loft Boards and Flooring Panels to Board out the Loft When your house was built, the upstairs ceiling, which forms the loft floor, was designed to be able to carry 25kg per square metre in accordance to British Standard 6399-1:1996. A 10 stone human being weighs 64kg. Conclusion, lofts are not designed for parties! Deduct the depth of the existing insulation from the target depth of 270mm. This will give you how much extra depth is needed. If you want to turn your loft into a heated, useable room, then you need to take a slightly different approach and carry out a loft conversion to create a room in the roof.

Insulation guards - also known as heat diffusers, loft caps or loft covers, they protect any recessed light fittings from overheating underneath the insulation. Buy as many as needed. NatWest, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Ulster Bank, which are all part of the NatWest Group, will now shut at least 172 of their bank branches in 2023 and 2024. Before laying any boards or installing any insulation there are a few points that you need to be aware of that can effect how the work is carried out. Cables and Pipes Start with the target R-value of 7 and deduct the R-value of the existing insulation. This will give you how much more R-value is needed. We offer glass mineral wool insulation with R-values of 2.25, 3.85 and 4.5.When it comes to screwing loft boards down, each screw should be countersunk and a pilot hole drilled. If any cables or recessed downlights are found, jump to the sections ‘How to lay loft insulation around cables' and 'How to lay loft insulation around recessed downlights’ for advice on working around these. It's essential to start doing this now, before any insulation is laid, so that you're not caught out later on. One of the easiest routes for running central heating pipes and electrical cables is through the loft and over the top of the ceiling joists. Due to this most lofts have said electrical cables and pipework running all over the place.

Subtract 10%. The base layer won’t cover the entire loft floor as the rolls are laid between, not over the ceiling joists. By deducting this amount, it calculates a more accurate area to be insulated for the base layer. This method involves laying additional battens across the existing ceiling joists at 90° and then boarding over the top of the battens. This raises the floor enough to allow for some additional insulation and also allow the required air gap. When cutting MDF and HDF loft boards you should always use a minimum of an FFP3 mask or mask with a P3 particle filter and only cut in a well ventilated area, preferably outside.. This however does not mean that the end of a loft board will “land” on a joist. In the worst-case scenario the joists will not be parallel and will have been laid at differing centres.Loft legs will carry 500kg, the maximum 100kg per square metre load is over a long period of time, so spread the weight of whatever you're storing as evenly and best you can. A floor in a loft that’s been converted must be designed to carry a minimum of 150kg per square m. This is 5 times more than a loft that’s simply been boarded for storage. The Loft Leg XL is a unique solution to avoid insulation compression when using your new build home’s loft for storage.

Pretty much every loft in every home in the UK should have some form of loft insulation already installed, however old and inefficient it may be. There are 3 main methods for boarding out a loft; Laying boards directly over the existing ceiling joists, laying batten over existing ceiling joists and then boarding over the battens and laying a raised loft flooring system. Boarding Directly Over Joists Additionally, the dust created from cutting, drilling etc. High Density Fibreboard such as standard loft boards (especially if you are using MDF boards, where MDF dust has been proven to be carcinogenic) can also be very hazardous to your health. Apply wood adhesive to the timber joints with a small paint brush. Wipe away any excess glue with a cloth. Glue and fit each board as you go, one by one. Step 9If you don’t have any means of getting a circular saw then you can also use a jigsaw or a traditional handsaw. If you mean to convert your loft into living accommodation of some kind (please note, even using it as an office or study counts as living accommodation) you will certainly need Building Regulation approval to convert your loft into anything other than a storage space. Can be retrofitted to your existing storage boarding by lifting the boards whilst installing additional insulation