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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.

Even if there were no insulation there in the first place, the requirements
for 30 minute fire protection between the old house and the new loft
conversion would require new mineral fibre insulation beneath the floor of
the loft conversion, nailed to the joists. To remove it would be highly
irresponsible. The new room requires its own heating. To extend the CH will
almost certainly require repositioning the header tank. The common approach
is to fit an electric wall heater with integral timer and thermostat. The
loft room should be well insulated and will heat up quickly.


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Bob Mannix
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