On 30/11/2010 14:29, Andy Dingley wrote:
On Nov 30, 11:19 am, wrote:

The kitchen roof slopes at an angle but there is no entrance to this
loft space to lay traditional insulation.

Make an entrance. Not too hard: padsaw, plasterboard. Then use
insulation in narrow strips, laid out flat in the kitchen and pushed
into place with a soft broom. There's no space to unroll a roll up
there.

OTOH, you've more wall area than roof and you really need to get some
Cellotex in there before it will ever be "warm".

IME whatever you "push" has a tendency to snag on every little
obstruction, particularly with a lath and plaster ceiling. 50mm Celotex
is the easiest because an 8ft strip is rigid enough to cope with a bit
of shoving and you can position it to leave space round cables. Not
always easy to get a good fit if you can't get to the whole length of
the joist to measure the width. Hopefully the joist distances will be
uniform