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Peter Taylor wrote:
I've just had a new loft conversion done ....

....the bedroom is very cold - the
old insulation in the original ceiling seems to be stopping any heat from
the rest of the house from making its way upstairs.

The old insulation should have been removed. This would make the loft bedroom
much warmer, probably enough to need only very minimal heating, if any. Is it
impossible to remove it now? This seems like a lot less work than all the
heating extensions you are planning.

It would be tricky as it is no longer possible to lift the floorboards.
However with a bit of stiff wire and some patience it may be possible to
fish it out from the eaves.

However this would increase the heat loss of the 1st floor bedrooms, as
the heat would be able to escape into the loft. Once the insulation is out
it will be very difficult to impossible to put back. You can sort of see
how it's been done he http://www.wilson.st/100_0246.jpg

I like the idea of improving the heating without installing CH but I'd
hate to make the 1st floor cold as a side-effect. Any ideas as to whether
this would be a problem?

Thanks,
Zane.