On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 04:27:02 GMT, "Keith Dunbar"
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"John Rumm" wrote in message
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Keith Dunbar wrote:

Right. Sounds promising, and not too expensive - given that I would only
need to put the PIR foam boards where I want to have flooring (I'm going
to put 8' x 4' sheets of chipboard on 2" x 1" timbers between rafters for
the bulk of my storage).

With rafters being the sloping bits, I am having trouble visualising
this...


You must forgive my ignorance of the names of all the funny bits of roofs
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There is just about room for a 4' width of chipboard at "ooooooooo"

Where would I be best (i.e. cheapest) going to for this PIR board? How
strong is it?
Can one stand on it? I would need lots of quite long screws to fix the
flooring to the joists.
Is there any reason why I should need to. Could I create a sort of raft of
flooring above the PIR?

Thanks so much for your help.

Keith

Keep an eye on ebay eg:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Celotex-Kingsp...QQcmdZViewItem

If you stand on it you leave a slight indentation of your foot but
with plywood covering it you wouldnt because your weight is spread.

As for screwing it down I'd suck it and see. I think that the weight
of the plywood and the friction would keep it in place. Maybe use a
marker pen to indicate werethe joists are incase you want to at a
later date. If you are planning on cutting everything up to small
pieces tto get it through a small hatch then maybe it should be
screwed down.