I would like to insulate my loft, at the moment there is none. I know
that I will need to install air bricks in the gable ends as there is no
ventilation, that is no problem.

However being a solid floor bungalow all the cabling is in the loft
space. What insulation material can I use that will not attack the
cables I don't want to start a war up there! :-)

Tried a search with Google, not found much help. However I have found a
product called Warmcell 100 that seems to fit the bill. Anyone any
knowledge of this product, or alternative suggestions?

TIA

"Broadback" wrote
| I would like to insulate my loft, at the moment there is none. ...
| However being a solid floor bungalow all the cabling is in the loft
| space. What insulation material can I use that will not attack the
| cables I don't want to start a war up there! :-)

As well as 'chemical compatibility' you should be aware that insulating
round cables reduces their current-carrying capacity. Lighting circuits
usually already have well oversized cable, but an electric cooker or
(especially) electric shower cable may be running at its max capacity
already and would require to be relocated or rewired in heavier cable.

Owain

Its worth contacting your energy supplier first. My parents had their large
loft done by a company, subsidised by the energy supplier for less than it
would have cost to buy the insulation.

And I can tell you, its a horrible job!

In article , Andrew Barnes wrote:
Its worth contacting your energy supplier first. My parents had their large
loft done by a company, subsidised by the energy supplier for less than it
would have cost to buy the insulation.

And I can tell you, its a horrible job!


Actually Warmcell is very pleasant to lay. Even when decompacting it with a
a stirrer attachment on a drill, remarkably few fine particles are generated.
(I have insalled mineral wool in a couple of dozen lofts and that was hell.)
I suspect that a small cement mixer could be used to speed up decompaction.
(D-I-Y Warmcell is delivered in compressed bales.)

As others have pointed out, sheet materials are a lot easier to
use, and have lower thermal conductivity, but I presume they're not
nearly as 'green' as Warmcell which is made from recycled newspaper.

--
Jan