On 18 Feb, 15:12, Terry Fields wrote:
One of my offspring, who has recently moved in to a two-year-old
house, was hoping to store stuff in the loft. However, the loft has
12" of insulation in it, presumably glass wool, and just putting stuff
on top of this is a no-no.

The question is, how could some storage space be generated up there?

The house has no garage or shed that might have been an alternative.

Would it be an idea to remove some of the current insulation, say
between the hatch and the nearest wall, lay celotex in between the
joists, and board over? The idea being to gain access to an end wall
to put up shelving, and have some robust flooring to use for storage
too.

Any comments or ideas gratefully received.

a no cost option is to leave 4" of insulation down, or whatever depth
the joists are, board, then lay the remaining insulation down. Where
youre storing things you roll insulation out of the way. Stored goods
in boxes act as insulation (to a variable extent) as they trap air.


NT