I have managed to get some free loft and cavity wall insulation.
I have loads of stuff in the loft but intend to reduce that by clearing
out, however there will still be a few boxes left.
The main loft area is currently floored and it is my intention to get
them to place insulation over this.
Once they have finished what damage (in terms of insulation loss) am I
likely to do if I place some boxes on the insulation and compact it, the
area that will be compacted is above bedrooms we dont use and the
heating is rarely on in these rooms.
There is not a lot of headroom in the loft so dont want to build
onto/above the rafters to create a raised floor, in any case I wouldnt
have time before the insulation goes in.
I really need to put some of this back up in the loft as it is mainly
antique stuff and worth a few bob so I want it up there and out the way.
Some of it I can span the rafters that support the roof as they are long
and light.

Any thoughts/ideas

thanks

On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 19:02:35 +0100, ss wrote:

I have managed to get some free loft and cavity wall insulation.
I have loads of stuff in the loft but intend to reduce that by clearing
out, however there will still be a few boxes left.
The main loft area is currently floored and it is my intention to get
them to place insulation over this.
Once they have finished what damage (in terms of insulation loss) am I
likely to do if I place some boxes on the insulation and compact it, the
area that will be compacted is above bedrooms we dont use and the
heating is rarely on in these rooms.
There is not a lot of headroom in the loft so dont want to build
onto/above the rafters to create a raised floor, in any case I wouldnt
have time before the insulation goes in.
I really need to put some of this back up in the loft as it is mainly
antique stuff and worth a few bob so I want it up there and out the way.
Some of it I can span the rafters that support the roof as they are long
and light.

Any thoughts/ideas

you need to rethink it?

why not build some "platforms" with legs to stand on the orig floor,
sparing the squashed insulation altogether?
if your stuff is worth a few bob not sure storing it in a loft with
extremes of heat/cold & poss condensation etc is optimal?

Jim K

On Apr 28, 7:02*pm, ss wrote:
I have managed to get some free loft and cavity wall insulation.
I have loads of stuff in the loft but intend to reduce that by clearing
out, however there will still be a few boxes left.
The main loft area is currently floored and it is my intention to get
them to place insulation over this.
Once they have finished what damage (in terms of insulation loss) am I
likely to do if I place some boxes on the insulation and compact it, the
area that will be compacted is above bedrooms we dont use and the
heating is rarely on in these rooms.
There is not a lot of headroom in the loft so dont want to build
onto/above the rafters to create a raised floor, in any case I wouldnt
have time before the insulation goes in.
I really need to put some of this back up in the loft as it is mainly
antique stuff and worth a few bob so I want it up there and out the way.
Some of it I can span the rafters that support the roof as they are long
and light.

Any thoughts/ideas

thanks

You're not going to cause any damage by putting boxes onto the
insulation. All it'll do is compress it and reduce the R value in that
spot, which is fairly trivial.


NT

On 28/04/2012 19:02, ss wrote:
I have managed to get some free loft and cavity wall insulation.
I have loads of stuff in the loft but intend to reduce that by clearing
out, however there will still be a few boxes left.
The main loft area is currently floored and it is my intention to get
them to place insulation over this.

Once they have finished what damage (in terms of insulation loss) am I
likely to do if I place some boxes on the insulation and compact it, the
area that will be compacted is above bedrooms we dont use and the
heating is rarely on in these rooms.

Rather than compact any insulation what I did was get some planks and
make a fairly simple roof rack assembly that sits on the original floor
and holds a set of support beams an inch or so above the insulation.

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With the separation chosen to be an exact multiple of roll width.

The boxes of junk than add to the insulation rather than subtracting.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

On 29/04/2012 09:02, Jim K wrote:
if your stuff is worth a few bob not sure storing it in a loft with
extremes of heat/cold & poss condensation etc is optimal?

Wooden case clocks mainly, probably more suited to a loft than a
centrally heated house. Most have been stored in lofts for about 30
years now.

On 29/04/2012 09:54, Martin Brown wrote:
On 28/04/2012 19:02, ss wrote:
I have managed to get some free loft and cavity wall insulation.
I have loads of stuff in the loft but intend to reduce that by clearing
out, however there will still be a few boxes left.
The main loft area is currently floored and it is my intention to get
them to place insulation over this.

Once they have finished what damage (in terms of insulation loss) am I
likely to do if I place some boxes on the insulation and compact it, the
area that will be compacted is above bedrooms we dont use and the
heating is rarely on in these rooms.

Rather than compact any insulation what I did was get some planks and
make a fairly simple roof rack assembly that sits on the original floor
and holds a set of support beams an inch or so above the insulation.

__________________
| |

With the separation chosen to be an exact multiple of roll width.

The boxes of junk than add to the insulation rather than subtracting.


I built a load of little 3 sided platforms to stand on the original
joists. It got rid of all the old chipboard carcassing I had lying around.
Or there's these

http://www.diy.com/nav/build/insulat...-Pack-11837507

Once they have finished what damage (in terms of insulation loss) am I
likely to do if I place some boxes on the insulation and compact it, the
area that will be compacted is above bedrooms we dont use and the
heating is rarely on in these rooms.

So why not use the unused bedrooms as storage?

On 29/04/2012 12:09, Gazz wrote:
So why not use the unused bedrooms as storage?

Exactly what I would do, but my wife thinks differently :-(
We have 3 spare bedrooms and they MUST be furnished as bedrooms even
though the chances of having more than one being used at any one time
are almost zero.

On Apr 29, 10:25*am, ss wrote:
On 29/04/2012 09:02, Jim K wrote:

if your stuff is worth a few bob not sure storing it in a loft with
extremes of heat/cold & poss condensation etc is optimal?

Wooden case clocks mainly, probably more suited to a loft than a
centrally heated house. *Most have been stored in lofts for about 30
years now.

and now you are insulating it...

Jim K

We are having ours done on 18th May. I intend toi cover the new insulation
with a large sheet of polythene and place the empty boxes etc on top.

"ss" wrote in message
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I have managed to get some free loft and cavity wall insulation.
I have loads of stuff in the loft but intend to reduce that by clearing
out, however there will still be a few boxes left.
The main loft area is currently floored and it is my intention to get them
to place insulation over this.
Once they have finished what damage (in terms of insulation loss) am I
likely to do if I place some boxes on the insulation and compact it, the
area that will be compacted is above bedrooms we dont use and the heating
is rarely on in these rooms.
There is not a lot of headroom in the loft so dont want to build
onto/above the rafters to create a raised floor, in any case I wouldnt
have time before the insulation goes in.
I really need to put some of this back up in the loft as it is mainly
antique stuff and worth a few bob so I want it up there and out the way.
Some of it I can span the rafters that support the roof as they are long
and light.

Any thoughts/ideas

thanks