I think the star jumper is one of Dawn's favourites. It is about the most colourful jumper she has hahaha. A splash of white here and there. As for the dancing, she was right on it.
Hi guys, wonderful job, bit scary up high in the hallway, amazing how it’s so well insulated it is now😀 love the breakdancing dawn😂 the house is going to be beautiful, enjoying watching the progress xxx
Hi Marion It was a tad scary but as you noticed the difference it made, it was well worth it. Dawn is great at breakdancing, no video editing involved, well, maybe a little. Although nearly at the end of January already, we are really looking forward to working on the inside. Thank you for always watching and commenting :-)
Risky business up on scaffolding and on such thin ceiling boards. But a great result. The thermo image shows the success. Hope your're warmer upstairs now?! I admire you for the difficult decisions and taking such a risk. Bravo
Hi Helen, none of it was taken lightly but having crawled around on the other ceilings on the collar ties, I knew what I was up against, just less of them. I always made sure my knees and feet were off the plywood and only on the collar ties. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
A huge success wasn't it. Such a huge difference for such a small amount of work. Thank you so much for your multiple comments and of course for being a channel member :-)
Love the thermal imaging, it shows the sheep's wool insulation really works. Loved Dawn.s dancing it looked almost real. ha ha. You should be sleeping better now you are all snug bless you all. nigh, night XX
Yeah, it is a great bit of kit, if a little expensive. What do you mean, "almost looked real"? Dawn had been practicing for days. We sleep so well. The house is much warmer all over where the walls are drying out and of course has some insulation in the ceilings. Hope you are well :-) xx
Haha, used to love all the breakdancing stuff when I was younger! Even had the soundtrack to both of the breakdance (Breakin) films of the 80’s. Can’t actually breakdance but love watching people do it! ❤️
Thank you Helen. It is a little blowy to say the least. We have been without main electric since about 5 too, I think most of the west is without power. The little generator was ready and waiting. The range is lovely and warm and the fire in the bedroom is lit too. Thank you again.
Ben, nice work my friend! Sure you’ll see a big difference in comfort with thar added insulation. Now, you need to be more careful. When you were coming down from the loft the first time and your foot hit the light fixture I darn near had a heart attack. 😮 oh to be young again.
Sorry about that, it did look worse than it was and I did have the scaffold boards just below me. I wish I had been younger as after the 3rd time of climbing up I was shattered. The very same night we noticed the difference. The open fire in the bedroom was going so the wall on the landing was lovely and warm. The heat then started to move into our bedroom, which has no heat yet and gave that a little raise in temperature, which is nice. It is much much warmer here now though, up to a cracking 13 degrees Tuesday and plenty of rain for the water tanks due too :-) A big thank you to you as always :-)
The insulation has proved beyond doubt to be a great success Ben.My heart was in my mouth watching you and Dawn over the staircase. I know you are both very careful, but I personally hate heights. Well done you two. Another brilliant job achieved Take care and God Bless xx
Yes, 100% difference and with a possible second layer on top of what is currently there, when we put up the "real" ceilings, the heat retention should be even greater. Yes, the stairs were a daunting thought for a little while until we came up with that solution and me just about tall enough to reach from the step ladders. A big thank you Collette for always watching and commenting ;-)
Another job well done ✔️ It just goes to show the difference made by the insulation. Youll all be snug as a bug now in your corner house. Fair play to you both.
Thank you. It really does with the insulation, still a little draughty here and there with those high winds of late but definitely much better than before! 😂
Insulation works and the difference is instant. Next windy night walk around and feel with the back of ur hand for drafts. Where there are gaps you will feel good air. Sealing these makes a big difference too
Thanks Marcus. On the landing alone is a huge difference and no notable draughts. The one bedroom needs a bit of work to stop draughts but on a whole, not to shabby. Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Holy camoley! I spent most of the video with thoughts alternating between "If they had both broken their necks & died, they probably wouldn't have posted this video afterwards," and "(profanity redacted)." There's no need to worry about the size of the cojones on Ben! Nor about Dawn's breakdancing skills. (Glad to see that she is alive, well, & bustin' a move.) Congratulations to the pair of you on your now fully snug home. 🥳
Firstly a big thank you for the congratulations on finally getting there on our now, fully insulated ceilings, until we do them properly. We were very careful, chatted about the best way forwards to reach and get the job done safely. Ok, maybe me being up in the loft, on my knees, with 2ft gaps between collar ties whilst moving insulation around wasn't the safest, but it got the job done. They were some great dance moves she was breaking :-) Thank you for watching, commenting and making us laugh. See you soon :-)
Thank you Andy. I am not a fan of heights to be honest, but it isn't too bad up there. It is nice and cosy, even in the middle of this storm we are having. The outside temperature has increased a lot since the other night though, so that helps. Thank you for watching a commenting all the way from Oz :-)
Hehehe! Break-dancing Dawn and acrobatics from Ben - what a team! No challenge too great! The thermal imaging camera has been so useful. Thanks again to you both - you're definately getting there! Kxx
Good evening / afternoon Kate Dawn has an incredible skill which we only just realised hahaha. Not so sure I was as elegant as Dawn though. Yes, the camera has been brilliant and we will continue to use it in the future. Thanks for joining again :-)
Yes, I crossed my fingers for ya both. No wonder you both dreaded doing that last bit of insulation! Now you are much cozier which has to be so satisfying. Step by step.What's next?
♥️ yay thank you! And yes we're very glad that part is over and done with for now. Fingers crossed the next time we have to do it we will have come up with a new (safer) plan! It really has made such a difference and we have storms coming today so we will see how well it performs in keeping the draughts at bay! Next? Well, for the last week or so, I've been clearing some of the land, so we can get that under control before spring sets in and that's been nice to do something a bit different. 😀
Brilliant, you will soon just need short sleeve t shirts and shorts with sun cream for the winter in the corner house? If you can think forward and consider how the building will feel through the use of an insulated external render, or an internal hemp plaster coating to keep every degree in the home. At a future point you can overlap the loft sheep insulation with a further layer of insulation with a Vapour Control Layer Intelligent membrane and let the membrane control the moisture breath-ability of the building. Had a very interesting CPD course on retrofit windows and a virtual walk through of a Irish / Polish company and how windows are selected and what can achieved at a budget value can exceed the UK Passivhaus standards.
We will need to pull the T shirts out for that then Joe lol. Maybe one day. We have discussed hemp plaster etc, but not rushing to pull what plaster we have on the walls down at the moment, as the camera clearly shows even normal lime plaster keeps in more heat than the bare stones inside. When you find out more Joe about the windows we would both be interested to learn more, especially the budget side lol. You know how to contact us :-) Thank you as always.
A huge difference isn't it. Yes, a lovely tool to see just how effective the insulation really is. There are areas which can be improved, but with our initial goal being able to use the house as a home for winter reached, we can wait until spring and start to replace temporary with permanent. This little gadget has already helped as we can now physically see a clear path of what needs to be done to improve for next winter. Thank you so much for watching and commenting :)
Well done! The panels on the ceilings look nice too. Temporary as they are they make such a difference. I don't know if this will work but, if you use one of the ceiling panels on the back of the front door with some insulation - put some thin studs on the back of the door squish in some insulation and screw the panel on - you will have a nice warm insulated front door until you can get a new one?? Some nice thick lined curtains for the Windows and it will be snuggly warm in there. I bought some second hand polyester quilts (they are super light) and sewed one end over to put a rod through, I put a decorative bracket on either side of the window that can be used to hang many things - in the winter I put the quilts up by putting the rod on the brackets and I have ferns hanging from the brackets too all year round. I wrap the rods and quilts in plastic in warm weather and they live under the couch or under the beds depending on the rooms that need them lol You can get fancy with the quilts by sewing other curtains or sheets to them and cutting them up the middle and sewing the edges to make separate panels. They sell curtain rings with clips so you don't even need to sew a rod pocket you can just clip them to the quilts. The windows here are original from the 60's and let in so much cold and draft it's nuts. This quilt thing has worked really well, just make sure they go all the way to the floor - the cold air (draft) comes out the top and forces the warm air at the ceiling back down - our feet are much warmer :)
Good afternoon Janie :-) That is a good idea with the front door. The only downside would be the loss of light that floods in. It seems the top of the door is the problem for heat loss where the glass is. Maybe some secondary glazing film if there is a big enough ridge for it to stick to. We now have curtains at every window which make a huge huge difference, but sadly the ones in the living room aren't quite long enough to reach the floor even at nearly 8ft long due to where they have to be hung :-( We are liking the quilt idea very much :-) It goes without saying.... thank you for watching and commenting :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject Could you cut a hole in the panel and put film or glass behind it fastened with some thin wood strips to keep the light coming in?
Ben, you're very agile climbing into that small opening. I don't know if I would have been able to lift myself and wiggle in without getting stuck :) it's a lot colder where you are than what I would have expected. Nothing like here in Canada but definetly cold enough for insulating to be worthwhile.
Hi John. I used to be agile, now, at 50, it was just a matter of having too. I think I was up and down in total about 5 times, and each time got harder and harder to do lol. It isn't always that cold, it was a very cold spell but we have been told was down to -18 one winter. Just a couple of days later and it is going to be 13 degrees C on Tuesday. Plenty of very much needed rain the next few days, fill the tanks back up. We haven't really had rain for two weeks. We are pleased we had the insulation in place as it was very cold that night. The benefits can be really felt on the landing, the other side of the open fire roaring away. Of course the next word goes without saying John, but I will say it anyway..... Thanks :-)
Did you say that you were going to do the insulation above the panels that you're putting on the ceiling,? Don't you wish there was some way you could blow a bunch of cotton fluff or insulation through a tube up in there and fill that hole empty space up maybe I'm confused lol Bethesda nifty little I don't know what you call it camera thing that shows where you're losing heat. Can't wait for the next project! Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS if I've asked questions that you've already said in this video it's because I'm in the middle of the video talking to you 😂
Hahaha, you can ask as many questions as you like Jackie, even if we answered them. Yes, the same as the other ceilings, we lay the insulation between the collar ties laid directly on top of the plywood. Blown insulation would be a lovely solution but we are not sure if it is available in sheep's wool insulation brand. The space in the loft needs the air to flow around keeping the space dry. Yes, the nifty little thing (Thermal Imaging Camera) is a brilliant tool. We were sent it to do a review on it but we have used it sooooo many times already, just so we can see where we need to improve things to keep the heat in. Thank you Jackie so much for always watching and commenting :-)
OMG when Ben disappeared into the dark roof abyss I thought my heart would stop, haha. But all went smoothly and you're both safe. Proof that insulation is beneficial is shown by the thermal imaging. Dawn - breakdancing on a scaffold is NOT safe haha, but you're good at it, perhaps a new career path for you.
I had to leave the breakdancing in as the sound of her voice when the idea struck her was great. She isn't too bad at it for a late starter hahah. Yes, we are really pleased and although only 1 layer of sheep's wool insulation, you really can feel the massive difference on the landing now, especially with the fire going in the bedroom. A big thanks to you Tracy, as always, for being here :-)
I need to eat more, but then again, I wouldn't be able to fit in the little hole lol. It was a tight squeeze, but I couldn't see another way of doing it. Nope, still no ghosts :-) Thank you Dory, see you next time :-)
After us having a chat through the options, one of which was to pre insulate the board and then raise it up, we decided it would be too tricky to try and line up the insulation with the collar ties. As they were different widths, it would have been a nightmare. So we stuck with what we knew worked.
This is another great video, thoroughly enjoyed watching it, great Job you two, that thermal imaging thingy is a fantastic bit of kit that takes all the guesswork out of the job, also you might be able to watch the wildlife running about at night🦊🦊 ❤xx
We are really pleased Rob. Yes, the thermal camera really will help us make the house warmer just with small adjustments. It would be great for animals, luckily there weren't any while I was out there hahaha. xx
It wasn't as bad as it looked. They were at their full height of 6ft, The collar ties are only 10.5ft, so it was so high. I couldn't get the ladder up like last time, so it was what I had. Still here to tell the tell :-)
I have to be honest guys out of everything I’ve seen you doing, I didn’t enjoy watching the balancing on stairs, it scared me, I was so afraid you would fall down
It isn't the nicest of places to be balancing, but we came up with a few options and this was the most stable and safest. Once the boards were down it was solid. The biggest issue was trying to get up and down the stairs. Thank you as always :-)
Awesome, well done a special 👏 for Dawn's break dancing! I love your star jumper too.
I think the star jumper is one of Dawn's favourites. It is about the most colourful jumper she has hahaha. A splash of white here and there. As for the dancing, she was right on it.
Oh dawn you are so brave❤
Not a fan of heights lol but sometimes things just have to be done.
Breakdancing Queen - is there no end to your talents lol. Then the Gymnast coming off the high beam. Oh yeah then there was the DIY
We thought it would just be weird not to have a bit of DIY in there hahaha.
Thanks Tracy :-)
Oh well done Dawn and Ben another successful job,that gadget is well worth having xx
Thank you. It really is a good tool to have in the box. Helped us no end already. xx
You definitely get an award for bravery this week! 😮
Haha thank you. Well, let's just say we are very glad that part is done (for now!) 😆
Hi guys, wonderful job, bit scary up high in the hallway, amazing how it’s so well insulated it is now😀 love the breakdancing dawn😂 the house is going to be beautiful, enjoying watching the progress xxx
Hi Marion
It was a tad scary but as you noticed the difference it made, it was well worth it.
Dawn is great at breakdancing, no video editing involved, well, maybe a little.
Although nearly at the end of January already, we are really looking forward to working on the inside.
Thank you for always watching and commenting :-)
Risky business up on scaffolding and on such thin ceiling boards. But a great result. The thermo image shows the success. Hope your're warmer upstairs now?! I admire you for the difficult decisions and taking such a risk. Bravo
Hi Helen, none of it was taken lightly but having crawled around on the other ceilings on the collar ties, I knew what I was up against, just less of them. I always made sure my knees and feet were off the plywood and only on the collar ties.
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Definitely a success, well worth the effort.👍❤
A huge success wasn't it. Such a huge difference for such a small amount of work.
Thank you so much for your multiple comments and of course for being a channel member :-)
Love the thermal imaging, it shows the sheep's wool insulation really works. Loved Dawn.s dancing it looked almost real. ha ha. You should be sleeping better now you are all snug bless you all. nigh, night XX
Yeah, it is a great bit of kit, if a little expensive.
What do you mean, "almost looked real"? Dawn had been practicing for days.
We sleep so well. The house is much warmer all over where the walls are drying out and of course has some insulation in the ceilings.
Hope you are well :-) xx
Haha that was great dawn, I laughed out loud at that one
Always happy to make people laugh :-)
Thank you Sharon :-)
Dawn your break dancing skills are on point! 😂 Looking good guys, and I’m slowly creeping up to current videos!! 😊❤
Haha, used to love all the breakdancing stuff when I was younger! Even had the soundtrack to both of the breakdance (Breakin) films of the 80’s. Can’t actually breakdance but love watching people do it! ❤️
That was so cool, I like the way you think Dawn, that was brilliant.👍😂
Guessing you are talking about her breakdancing, isn't she good at it lol.
Yes, it was brilliant.❤
Stay safe during the Storm and Winds this evening x
Thank you Helen. It is a little blowy to say the least. We have been without main electric since about 5 too, I think most of the west is without power. The little generator was ready and waiting. The range is lovely and warm and the fire in the bedroom is lit too.
Thank you again.
Ben, nice work my friend! Sure you’ll see a big difference in comfort with thar added insulation. Now, you need to be more careful. When you were coming down from the loft the first time and your foot hit the light fixture I darn near had a heart attack. 😮 oh to be young again.
Sorry about that, it did look worse than it was and I did have the scaffold boards just below me. I wish I had been younger as after the 3rd time of climbing up I was shattered.
The very same night we noticed the difference. The open fire in the bedroom was going so the wall on the landing was lovely and warm. The heat then started to move into our bedroom, which has no heat yet and gave that a little raise in temperature, which is nice.
It is much much warmer here now though, up to a cracking 13 degrees Tuesday and plenty of rain for the water tanks due too :-)
A big thank you to you as always :-)
The insulation has proved beyond doubt to be a great success Ben.My heart was in my mouth watching you and Dawn over the staircase. I know you are both very careful, but I personally hate heights. Well done you two. Another brilliant job achieved Take care and God Bless xx
Yes, 100% difference and with a possible second layer on top of what is currently there, when we put up the "real" ceilings, the heat retention should be even greater.
Yes, the stairs were a daunting thought for a little while until we came up with that solution and me just about tall enough to reach from the step ladders.
A big thank you Collette for always watching and commenting ;-)
Amazing both. Ben, I'm impressed by the upper body strength and the bravery.
He’s pretty strong for a small bloke. It’s quite deceiving really!
😅 That was so funny Dawn.
Haha it just popped into my head…I clearly have too much time on my hands! 🤣
Another job well done ✔️
It just goes to show the difference made by the insulation.
Youll all be snug as a bug now in your corner house.
Fair play to you both.
Thank you. It really does with the insulation, still a little draughty here and there with those high winds of late but definitely much better than before! 😂
Wow, that was worth the cold walk. I think I need to do the same here when it gets cold again. 👍
Oh it was cold, but yes, really worth it. If you have one, it must be worth it :-)
Insulation works and the difference is instant. Next windy night walk around and feel with the back of ur hand for drafts. Where there are gaps you will feel good air. Sealing these makes a big difference too
Thanks Marcus. On the landing alone is a huge difference and no notable draughts. The one bedroom needs a bit of work to stop draughts but on a whole, not to shabby.
Thank you for watching and commenting :-)
Great video showing the benifit of insulation.
Thank you Kathleen, it really does. Also makes us happy that it is time well spent.
Thanks for always joining us :-)
oh jeez, that made my knees all wobbly on the landing. :0
Lol yeah I think that has been our least favourite place for using the trestles and step ladder!
Holy camoley! I spent most of the video with thoughts alternating between "If they had both broken their necks & died, they probably wouldn't have posted this video afterwards," and "(profanity redacted)." There's no need to worry about the size of the cojones on Ben!
Nor about Dawn's breakdancing skills. (Glad to see that she is alive, well, & bustin' a move.) Congratulations to the pair of you on your now fully snug home. 🥳
Firstly a big thank you for the congratulations on finally getting there on our now, fully insulated ceilings, until we do them properly.
We were very careful, chatted about the best way forwards to reach and get the job done safely. Ok, maybe me being up in the loft, on my knees, with 2ft gaps between collar ties whilst moving insulation around wasn't the safest, but it got the job done.
They were some great dance moves she was breaking :-)
Thank you for watching, commenting and making us laugh. See you soon :-)
Great job! Glad you two aren’t scared of heights. Glad you’re getting to have a cosy winter! Cheers from Oz
Thank you Andy. I am not a fan of heights to be honest, but it isn't too bad up there. It is nice and cosy, even in the middle of this storm we are having. The outside temperature has increased a lot since the other night though, so that helps.
Thank you for watching a commenting all the way from Oz :-)
Hehehe! Break-dancing Dawn and acrobatics from Ben - what a team! No challenge too great! The thermal imaging camera has been so useful. Thanks again to you both - you're definately getting there! Kxx
Good evening / afternoon Kate
Dawn has an incredible skill which we only just realised hahaha. Not so sure I was as elegant as Dawn though.
Yes, the camera has been brilliant and we will continue to use it in the future.
Thanks for joining again :-)
Wow! It's amazing how much the insulation helped. Loved the break dancing :)
A huge difference. Thank you.
Yup, Dawn is clearly a natural lol
Ok that looked scary to me I'm glad your both ok job well done. 🙂💐
A little bit scary when I was up in the loft space but nothing too bad.
Thank you for watching and commenting, it means a lot :-)
Good insulation is worth it
Once the ceiling boards are put up this year, the insulation will be even better. The sheep wool works really well though although expensive.
Yes, I crossed my fingers for ya both. No wonder you both dreaded doing that last bit of insulation! Now you are much cozier which has to be so satisfying. Step by step.What's next?
♥️ yay thank you! And yes we're very glad that part is over and done with for now. Fingers crossed the next time we have to do it we will have come up with a new (safer) plan!
It really has made such a difference and we have storms coming today so we will see how well it performs in keeping the draughts at bay!
Next? Well, for the last week or so, I've been clearing some of the land, so we can get that under control before spring sets in and that's been nice to do something a bit different. 😀
Brilliant, you will soon just need short sleeve t shirts and shorts with sun cream for the winter in the corner house? If you can think forward and consider how the building will feel through the use of an insulated external render, or an internal hemp plaster coating to keep every degree in the home. At a future point you can overlap the loft sheep insulation with a further layer of insulation with a Vapour Control Layer Intelligent membrane and let the membrane control the moisture breath-ability of the building. Had a very interesting CPD course on retrofit windows and a virtual walk through of a Irish / Polish company and how windows are selected and what can achieved at a budget value can exceed the UK Passivhaus standards.
We will need to pull the T shirts out for that then Joe lol. Maybe one day. We have discussed hemp plaster etc, but not rushing to pull what plaster we have on the walls down at the moment, as the camera clearly shows even normal lime plaster keeps in more heat than the bare stones inside.
When you find out more Joe about the windows we would both be interested to learn more, especially the budget side lol. You know how to contact us :-)
Thank you as always.
Wow the difference is amazing. The thermal imaging is a great bit of kit that's for sure.
A huge difference isn't it. Yes, a lovely tool to see just how effective the insulation really is. There are areas which can be improved, but with our initial goal being able to use the house as a home for winter reached, we can wait until spring and start to replace temporary with permanent. This little gadget has already helped as we can now physically see a clear path of what needs to be done to improve for next winter.
Thank you so much for watching and commenting :)
Well done! The panels on the ceilings look nice too. Temporary as they are they make such a difference.
I don't know if this will work but, if you use one of the ceiling panels on the back of the front door with some insulation - put some thin studs on the back of the door squish in some insulation and screw the panel on - you will have a nice warm insulated front door until you can get a new one??
Some nice thick lined curtains for the Windows and it will be snuggly warm in there.
I bought some second hand polyester quilts (they are super light) and sewed one end over to put a rod through, I put a decorative bracket on either side of the window that can be used to hang many things - in the winter I put the quilts up by putting the rod on the brackets and I have ferns hanging from the brackets too all year round. I wrap the rods and quilts in plastic in warm weather and they live under the couch or under the beds depending on the rooms that need them lol You can get fancy with the quilts by sewing other curtains or sheets to them and cutting them up the middle and sewing the edges to make separate panels. They sell curtain rings with clips so you don't even need to sew a rod pocket you can just clip them to the quilts. The windows here are original from the 60's and let in so much cold and draft it's nuts. This quilt thing has worked really well, just make sure they go all the way to the floor - the cold air (draft) comes out the top and forces the warm air at the ceiling back down - our feet are much warmer :)
Good afternoon Janie :-)
That is a good idea with the front door. The only downside would be the loss of light that floods in. It seems the top of the door is the problem for heat loss where the glass is. Maybe some secondary glazing film if there is a big enough ridge for it to stick to.
We now have curtains at every window which make a huge huge difference, but sadly the ones in the living room aren't quite long enough to reach the floor even at nearly 8ft long due to where they have to be hung :-(
We are liking the quilt idea very much :-)
It goes without saying.... thank you for watching and commenting :-)
@@thecornerhouseproject Could you cut a hole in the panel and put film or glass behind it fastened with some thin wood strips to keep the light coming in?
That was enlightening.
It was for us too Mary. Thank you for commenting :-)
Ben, you're very agile climbing into that small opening. I don't know if I would have been able to lift myself and wiggle in without getting stuck :) it's a lot colder where you are than what I would have expected. Nothing like here in Canada but definetly cold enough for insulating to be worthwhile.
Hi John. I used to be agile, now, at 50, it was just a matter of having too. I think I was up and down in total about 5 times, and each time got harder and harder to do lol.
It isn't always that cold, it was a very cold spell but we have been told was down to -18 one winter. Just a couple of days later and it is going to be 13 degrees C on Tuesday. Plenty of very much needed rain the next few days, fill the tanks back up. We haven't really had rain for two weeks.
We are pleased we had the insulation in place as it was very cold that night. The benefits can be really felt on the landing, the other side of the open fire roaring away.
Of course the next word goes without saying John, but I will say it anyway..... Thanks :-)
Did you say that you were going to do the insulation above the panels that you're putting on the ceiling,? Don't you wish there was some way you could blow a bunch of cotton fluff or insulation through a tube up in there and fill that hole empty space up maybe I'm confused lol Bethesda nifty little I don't know what you call it camera thing that shows where you're losing heat. Can't wait for the next project! Much love from Oklahoma USA Jackie 🇺🇸💖 PS if I've asked questions that you've already said in this video it's because I'm in the middle of the video talking to you 😂
Hahaha, you can ask as many questions as you like Jackie, even if we answered them.
Yes, the same as the other ceilings, we lay the insulation between the collar ties laid directly on top of the plywood.
Blown insulation would be a lovely solution but we are not sure if it is available in sheep's wool insulation brand. The space in the loft needs the air to flow around keeping the space dry.
Yes, the nifty little thing (Thermal Imaging Camera) is a brilliant tool. We were sent it to do a review on it but we have used it sooooo many times already, just so we can see where we need to improve things to keep the heat in.
Thank you Jackie so much for always watching and commenting :-)
OMG when Ben disappeared into the dark roof abyss I thought my heart would stop, haha. But all went smoothly and you're both safe. Proof that insulation is beneficial is shown by the thermal imaging. Dawn - breakdancing on a scaffold is NOT safe haha, but you're good at it, perhaps a new career path for you.
I had to leave the breakdancing in as the sound of her voice when the idea struck her was great. She isn't too bad at it for a late starter hahah.
Yes, we are really pleased and although only 1 layer of sheep's wool insulation, you really can feel the massive difference on the landing now, especially with the fire going in the bedroom.
A big thanks to you Tracy, as always, for being here :-)
Nice
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Definitely see the difference! Still no ghosts thank goodness. But Ben you looked like a mouse…how did you fit through that tiny opening?
I need to eat more, but then again, I wouldn't be able to fit in the little hole lol. It was a tight squeeze, but I couldn't see another way of doing it.
Nope, still no ghosts :-)
Thank you Dory, see you next time :-)
Just a thought may be a reason why not. Couldn’t you have put the insulation on the board before you put it on? Great job though 👏👏👏
After us having a chat through the options, one of which was to pre insulate the board and then raise it up, we decided it would be too tricky to try and line up the insulation with the collar ties. As they were different widths, it would have been a nightmare. So we stuck with what we knew worked.
Thought there would be a good reason. X
Good job😊😊😊
Thank you very much indeed :-)
This is another great video, thoroughly enjoyed watching it, great Job you two, that thermal imaging thingy is a fantastic bit of kit that takes all the guesswork out of the job, also you might be able to watch the wildlife running about at night🦊🦊
❤xx
We are really pleased Rob. Yes, the thermal camera really will help us make the house warmer just with small adjustments.
It would be great for animals, luckily there weren't any while I was out there hahaha.
xx
good job
Thank you Tom :-)
jasus ben should be 3 trestles there. that was way too dangerous.
It wasn't as bad as it looked. They were at their full height of 6ft, The collar ties are only 10.5ft, so it was so high. I couldn't get the ladder up like last time, so it was what I had.
Still here to tell the tell :-)
good your still here but belt and braces when working off the ground. l,m sure you mut be worth the price off a 3rd trestle..@@thecornerhouseproject
From 0% incomplete from when you first started to 100% complete. What % would you say your at now? 😊
Erm….lol…maybe 20%! Lonnnnng way to go!
I have to be honest guys out of everything I’ve seen you doing, I didn’t enjoy watching the balancing on stairs, it scared me, I was so afraid you would fall down
It isn't the nicest of places to be balancing, but we came up with a few options and this was the most stable and safest. Once the boards were down it was solid. The biggest issue was trying to get up and down the stairs.
Thank you as always :-)
hi ben and dawn is dawn still waffin
Always Alan, but the house is warm :-)
ho dawn its all your waffin going up lol
im sad to say you waieting your time no instation thon