The most common loft in Scotland: a trussed roof with a thin, flattened layer that was put in when the house was built and never touched since. Half a day's work and the house is a different place in winter.
A modern trussed loft in Cramond, on the north-west edge of Edinburgh, with the original grey mineral wool lying between the ceiling ties: thin, compacted, gaps at the edges, and well short of what the loft needed. This is what "the loft's already insulated" usually means. It was, once, to the standard of the day, and it's been settling ever since.
Depth measured across the loft, eaves ventilation checked, cables and downlights located so nothing gets covered that shouldn't be.
The gaps between the ceiling ties filled properly first, right into the eaves, leaving the ventilation path clear.
Knauf Earthwool laid at right angles across the ties so the timbers stop acting as cold bridges. That second layer is what makes the difference.
Folding rule in the finished layer, photographed for the customer. We don't quote a number in advance; we measure the loft and bring it to what that loft needs.
Before. Original insulation, flattened and patchy.
After. Depth checked with a rule, not guessed.
Around a quarter of a home's heat goes out through the roof. A top-up like this costs a fraction of a boiler or new windows, takes half a day, and the customer notices it the first cold night. It's also the measure most often funded by Scottish grant schemes, so for many households the cost is covered.
We're based in Loanhead, twenty minutes from Cramond round the bypass. Edinburgh lofts are usually surveyed within days and done in a morning.
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