youngy89
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Hi everyone,
I’ve downed tools for the day and thought I’d tap into the collective wisdom here (which has been hugely helpful so far!).
We have sloping ceilings around the perimeter of our first-floor rooms, and at present there’s no insulation in these areas. The original lath and plaster was failing, so I’ve removed it.
This has highlighted some pretty significant cold spots given the lack of insulation. If I remove the remaining lath entirely, leaving the rafters exposed with the ventilated void above (between rafters and roof tiles), would it be reasonable to fix insulated plasterboard directly to the underside of the rafters without causing issues? I realise insulated plasterboard isn’t always the favoured solution, but I’m trying to understand whether it could work here given the clear ventilated cavity and the rafters will be open to air movement on three sides
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or experience.
Cheers!
I’ve downed tools for the day and thought I’d tap into the collective wisdom here (which has been hugely helpful so far!).
We have sloping ceilings around the perimeter of our first-floor rooms, and at present there’s no insulation in these areas. The original lath and plaster was failing, so I’ve removed it.
This has highlighted some pretty significant cold spots given the lack of insulation. If I remove the remaining lath entirely, leaving the rafters exposed with the ventilated void above (between rafters and roof tiles), would it be reasonable to fix insulated plasterboard directly to the underside of the rafters without causing issues? I realise insulated plasterboard isn’t always the favoured solution, but I’m trying to understand whether it could work here given the clear ventilated cavity and the rafters will be open to air movement on three sides
Thanks in advance for any thoughts or experience.
Cheers!