Now that the Monster in the Attic has been beaten, we can finally venture out into the rest of the loft area. Our intent was to board it over to provide some storage space until which time as we can finally build into the loft (on Day 14,684 at the rate we're going). Generally, boarding over the loft is quite a simple task (see my previous post here), however as usual, I got a bit carried away.
But like any good Brit, I'll blame everything on the weather.
Last week, the UK got hit by the Beast from the East - a cold front from Siberia that dropped treacherous snow and cold across the country bringing it to its knees.
- UK storm death toll reaches 10 as ice warnings follow snow chaos
- Storm Emma, ice and snow paralyses transport across UK
- UK crippled by snow, freezing temperatures
Canadians have a name for this kind of weather, "a normal winter's day"
But hey, I'm in the UK now so I felt it was my patriotic duty here to overreact just like everyone else. This unwarranted response manifested itself in my completely over-engineering the loft boarding exercise.
OK, granted houses in this country are not exactly built to withstand sub-zero temperatures very well and our place wasn't exactly the tropics during this recent cold snap. But, this weather only happens once every 5 or so years.
Regardless, on impulse I decided we were not only going to board over the loft .. we were also going to insulate. So the order went in, and it arrived today.
As you can see, there is a lot of stuff ...
Basically, the idea is to top-up the 100mm insulation currently in place with another 100mm and then board over that. The building regs recommend another 170mm; but the loft board will provide some insulation and this way I can use 2x4's (or whatever the metric equivalent is) running perpendicular to the current joists vs having to use plastic stilts (see here). Besides, I didn't want to get too carried away with my overreaction.
Anyway, I've once again got a house full of building materials that I need to put somewhere. Stay tuned over the next week(s) as I start moving all this material up into the loft area. I've got my work cut out for me.
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