"Owain" wrote in message
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JustMe wrote:
In my attic is an accumlation of 100 years of dust and soot - the kind of
stuff that you don't want to get in contact with anything else cos it'll
stick to everything and keep you cleaning up every nook and cranny,
forever.
It's trapped beneath and over the fibre insulation which rests between
the
joists, on to which is affixed a lattice+plaster ceiling from below. I
figure I'll need to remove and bag up the insulation for the bin and then
clean out the dust from the lattice and the joists before laying new
insulation.

I would just lay new insulation on top of the old, but if you really want
to do this ...

I've been trying to work out a way of effectively cleaning the dust up
without fouling up the rest of the house.

Erect scaff tower up side of house. Open up roof by removing tiles/slates,
battens and sarking. Seal up loft hatch. Access/egress loft area from
outside of house at all times.

You can get chutes to run down the access tower to take stuff from the top
down to a skip. Covering in polythene, and using water sprays, should help
settle the dust.

You can hire dirty-shower-clean changing room trailer units, of the sort
used by asbestos removal people, to avoid taking dirt into the house on
your clothes. Otherwise it's a quick dash across the garden in your
boxers.

Owain



That all sounds a bit drastic.