There's a small space near the cooker thats peculiarly inaccessible. The only way to get anywhere near the ceiling there is to lie on one's back, any other position is simply not doable due to the combination of not practically movable obtacles. The small ceiling area needs insulating, the big question is with what. It must perform well in a fire, basic canned foam is no use.

Probably the only physically possible way to do it is to spray or flick some sort of sticky insulation up there. The question then is what, as I don't have a tyrolean applying thing. That leaves:

1 fire rated foam - how does it behave in a fire?
2 papercrete - what would make it sticky enough to be flicked up onto the ceiling?
3 wet cellulose? Where's best to buy it?

The other perhaps is to use sticks to get bits of something up there, but it wont be possible to measure up there, so probably that means tufts of fibreglass after spraying with glue, or something similar. What type of glue, given that pva has no grab?

With any chosen insulation, how to apply a VB? It will be needed, given the level of damp when cooking.


NT