"Jon" wrote in message
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Hi,

We've got a bedroom above the garage in our eight year old house which
is always 5 deg C colder (or more) than the rest of the house on cold
days. The fact that the bedroom floor is always cold leads me to
believe the insulation requires significant improvement between the
garage ceiling and bedroom floor.

I've read these previous threads which seem sensible:

http://xrl.us/bg5jr (Link to groups.google.co.uk)

and this:

http://xrl.us/bg5jt (Link to www.diynot.com)

What I'd like to know is has anyone suffered with this cold room above
garage syndrome, improved the insulation, and actually fixed the
problem? If you have, can you state what you did and what materials
you used please? I can't pull up the flooring as we've just had new
carpet laid but would be prepared to pull down the plaster ceiling if
necessary.

Thanks in advance,

Jon


Mine has always been warm even though the long wall is north facing

Ceiling of garage is 2 x half inch plasterboard to give required fire
protection ( built in 1991 to regs current at the time)

space between ceiling and floor above filled with 6" fibreglass

interior walls thermalite blocks cavity filled with rockwool bats

Ceiling of room standard plasterboard 6" fibreglass above boarded over for
storage


Tony