gordon grant formulated on Sunday :
Now, I have agreed with some organization, that they will insulate my loft,
credit of British Gas, something to do with energy conservation. Being
'elderly enough' s, it should be free of cost (age brings some benefits;
but not many)/

Anyway, There are problems in my loft. Hundreds of years ago, tens anyway,
we had some such thing done, and THEY left, as I suppose, the previous
'expanded polystyrene'(?) blocks in the loft. What to do with them? The
'surveyor, whom they sent round, suggested pilling these blocks, of which
there are many, in a heap somewhere. Is that a good idea? After all,
expanded polystyrene may be a fire hazard. Plus, the base of such a heap
cannot be protected by the new insulation, one might think). What to do with
it (there is a lot of it)? There is nothing but the wooden joists to walk
upon and, at my age, I'm not so sure that I'm able to not fall through the
ceiling - a bad idea. Will the council take this stuff away, even supposing
I can get it down?

By the way, there seems to be a large 'hole' in the 'party wall up there'
which cannot be seen because someone has created a 'wall' of those
polystyrene blocks, hiding it. Should there be such a 'hole'?

Comments?

GOG

Most likely the polystyrene will be the flammable type and needs to be
got out and disposed of ASAP. Could you not get some help to do this?

Party walls are there to prevent the spread of fire, though not all
properties were built or had to originally be built with them.

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