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Wheres the air gap? Its going tp sweat...

love the videos, but u need to invest in a microphone

How did you manage to get these long pieces of timber through the hatch?

Excellent work guys

I can highly recommend wood fibre insulation which deals with moisture better, and is fine to handle compared to the Knauf/Rockwool which irritates your skin and lungs

So this is what I do for a living and it’s completely wrong. I don’t want to rain on your parade but you are going to encounter problems. Cracks on the ceiling below and moisture build up due to no air flow between insulation and boards. Use a loft system such as loft zone if you are going to do it yourself, not so expensive and you pay for the square meter you need.

The energy and excitement at the start of the vid compared to the deep look in your eye at the end reminds me why i pay people to do that crap 😂 more power to ya tho good work 👏

Hi, why didnt you use the loft stilts? These are 270mm high and means you can add more insulation in?

do you also need to insulate between the rafters with rigid insulation?

Nice weekend project...keep up the good work both..

This honestly looks like the easiest roof cavity i've ever seen to insulate. Not even one cross beam. crazy easy .

Nice Video Thanks 👍

Ideally you need a gap between the insulation and the boards. Moisture will come up through the ceiling and insulation and it needs somewhere to go. An air gap avoids the boards from getting damp, which then makes the insulation damp, which then makes it less effective. The loft legs are great if you are just putting some boxes for storage as you don’t have all the extra weight of the timbers and you get the necessary gap between the insulation and the boards.

I think you trapped air there, which can lead to condensation will meet the floor and wet it (in winter) , so issues like mold can appear. I would check if boards changed the color to darker if so it is wet.

From what I understand this might not meet current building regs for insulation. Another way to do it would be to install loft stilts and then place the wooden boards on top. The space between the stilts can be filled with another layer of insulation. A bit like what's shown in this photo: i.ytimg.com/vi/Gp_-ImJOIBY/hq720.jpg

I insulated and boarded our loft, what they don't tell you is it pulls the drywall in the rooms below at ceiling level causing cracks throughout the house. regretted the boarding!

How did you fix in place the 2x4 ?

Regarding the loft legs, your method is marginally superior IMO because now when you walk on the boards it's spreading the load across multiple ceiling joists instead of one. This is important because those ceiling joists are not really designed to take this additional load of storage and people walking around on it. In reality, the ceiling is usually over engineered just about adequately to ensure it will be fine. You may well get a bit of minor cracking in your ceiling below in future but it may well be fine.

Helpful video. Would you say standing on joists is fine or would you recommend leaning on boards ?

Never do this over your existing joists if you want to avoid problems with your ceilings below , and also this does not meet the requirements of loft insulation, but if your a cowboy , crack on

Hi you mention about you did asbestos testing in the material youve used. What equipment did you used for that? Or did you consult asbestos specialist? Thank you

With the fibreglass in place and boards fixed down did you think of the electrical cables for lights and switches need a certain amount of air flow.

Gorgeous radiators! Where are they from please?

Thinking of doing similar but I think my ceiling joists are not load bearing "floor joists"? We're yours already load bearing floor joists?

Do you need an air gap between the insulation and loft boards?

Love it ❤

"Hack" 🙄

I wonder how foil insulation such as superfoil could change the specs or physical thickness recommended of 270mm compared to the same insulation / building regs ?

Ahh man I just wanna put boxes in my loft ffs🤦🏻‍♂️

Are you a qualified trades person?

Thank you for sharing! What primer do you use?

Why don’t home builders just install loft boards from the beginning

You needed timbers floating over the current joists, held by hangers on your brick wall going across. You will most likely get cracks on the ceiling if you screw the boards on existing joists.

I did a lot of loft storage work about 12 years ago, I was basically a labourer for this old school joiner, and the thing about loft storage spaces is that you don’t need to screw your new timbers to the old ceiling joists, you start by lining say three timbers across the old joists then you put one of your chip boards across those new timbers and screw the chipboard to the new timber to hold them in place, it’s called a floating floor. another problem with screwing into old ceiling joists is if they weren’t completely flat with each other and you screw joists on them you could damage your ceiling below, you wouldn’t notice them un even before hand because they used wooden lath ceilings which hid alot of uneven woodwork. But your job looks very clean well done!

Cold shower helps with insulation itch! Rinse in cold water first not warm!

Keep it up; you guys are doing great!

This was awesome, Great job! New sub here. Very nicely done.

Great Job, left you an Abo. I really like the little helper 😺. Greetings from Germany🙋‍♀️🌷🌷🌷🌷

Fair play I do this for a living and you've saved yourself a mint. As I don't do this bloody job for cheap. Shouldn't of glued the boards but no big deal. Well done. Top tip for getting rid of the itchiness is have a really hot shower as hot as you can go, then go as cold as you can fo for as long as possible. 👍 Thanks Ben BNM Carpentry

Great video, do you mind me asking how much the extension was?

Thank you so much for this. You’ve done an excellent job! I’m in the process of doing my Pax wardrobes and really want them to look built in. I have a much lower ceiling and my alcove fits 2x100 and 1x50mm. I need all the help I get so this is was perfect ❤🇬🇧

Hire some Mexicans, done in an hour. Geez.

Personally in all the lofts I have boarded I have never glued the panels. There will be times you may need to access below them, and I have always thought the glue will make everything so much more difficult. Good job though, it's one of the itchyist least fun jobs, but very satisfying at the end

How did you screw the 4x2 in the joists? Angled the screws?

Unfortunately using timber to get you up to the right height adds a lot of weight to the ceiling. Loft stilts are the way to go. Good job though and I’m sure you’ll feel the benefit of the extra insulation

Great job guys 😊

I’m honestly so inspired with your journey and how much you’ve been able to do yourself! ❤ I’ve been wanting to board our loft for so long and originally looked at prices and was quoted over £2k (including new loft hatch & stairs). But after watching your video, I feel like I want to take a stab at boarding it ourselves 😂 might regret it but with the cost of living crisis, you got to do what you got to do! Couple of questions: - Did you speak to a structural engineer before you started? - Did you get quotes from other companies to do your loft? How much of a saving was it by doing it yourself and buying your own materials? - Can you recommend the websites you used where to find the regulations? Because when searching, it’s quite overwhelming with all the different information you find. Thank you so much! I can’t wait to carry on watching your reno journey 😀

Good work! I thought the boarding had to have a bigger gap so it doesn't get moisture under it?

Just remember the size of most lofts is the same size of the whole ground floor of your house. That’s Kitchen, dining room, hallway front room etc combined! It’s a much bigger space than you think.