In uk.d-i-y, Richard Faulkner wrote:
Hi,

I have a small bedroom in a kind of roof space where the roof
joists/purlins, (not sure what they are called - the joist like timbers
which slope from an apex under the valley), intrude into the living
space below head height.

I want to fix some padding to them to avoid damage from banging one's
head on them. I thought of thick central heating pipe lagging, and
covering it in material, but dont really want to get into sewing and
all that.

Any ideas?

In our roof space I tacked up some bubble wrap (the king-size bubbles,
about 20mm dia) on the purlin above the hatch. It works wonderfully, and
with care it could be made to look OK in a modern-style bedroom - the
natural colour would show through.

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Mike Barnes