Tad OT but one of our customers has, this summer, moved into the largish
two story office building where they occupy the upper floor.

Already the heating bill, electricity!!, yes stupid mistake I know, is
costing them the earth.

The have a suspended tile ceiling like most offices and the roof seems
to be of some sort of composite board and the space betwixt the roof and
suspended ceiling is quite hot.

I can only suppose that its all leaking through the ceiling and there
being no isolation....

However I've never seen insulation in offices like this . Is it the done
thing.. Or seemingly not?...


cheers
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Tony Sayer

"tony sayer" wrote in message
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Tad OT but one of our customers has, this summer, moved into the largish
two story office building where they occupy the upper floor.

Already the heating bill, electricity!!, yes stupid mistake I know, is
costing them the earth.

The have a suspended tile ceiling like most offices and the roof seems
to be of some sort of composite board and the space betwixt the roof and
suspended ceiling is quite hot.

I can only suppose that its all leaking through the ceiling and there
being no isolation....

However I've never seen insulation in offices like this . Is it the done
thing.. Or seemingly not?...


Our office block at work is a single storey building with a suspended
ceiling and has loft insulation fitted

Regards Jeff

tony sayer said the following on 25/11/2005 14:03:
Tad OT but one of our customers has, this summer, moved into the largish
two story office building where they occupy the upper floor.

Already the heating bill, electricity!!, yes stupid mistake I know, is
costing them the earth.

The have a suspended tile ceiling like most offices and the roof seems
to be of some sort of composite board and the space betwixt the roof and
suspended ceiling is quite hot.

I can only suppose that its all leaking through the ceiling and there
being no isolation....

However I've never seen insulation in offices like this . Is it the done
thing.. Or seemingly not?...


cheers

Obviously, mineral fibre drop-in ceiling tiles are (by their nature)
insulating (thermal and acoustic). I have occasionally come across
suspended ceilings being further insulated with loft insualtion resting
on top of drop-in tiles, but this is not the norm.

If your customer chooses to install loft installation resting on the
suspended ceiling, they would be well advised to get a reputable ceiling
contractor in, as additional support wires to the grid may be required
to cope with the weight of the insulation.

However I've never seen insulation in offices like this . Is it the done
thing.. Or seemingly not?...


I've seen it done, using GF rolls. If I was doing it, I think I'd go
for blown GF.