Loft Flooring Legs 175mm Insulation Spacer - 48 Pack

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This product will help to lower the energy use in your home, and supports sustainable living through better use of resources Martin Lewis: What the Autumn Statement means for you – including wages, benefits, pensions, ISAs, housing, national insurance and more Decide whether or not the whole loft needs to be boarded. Many people only board a small area of the loft to keep costs low. Also the amount of boarding should depend on how much you want to store. Screw your first loft board down on top of your loft legs, close to the loft hatch. Use 2 screws per loft leg to fix the boards down. One board should have a total of 8 screws in it. Government guidelines recommend that we insulate with 270mm of quilt insulation to achieve a U value of 0.16. Thermal studies have shown that compressing your insulation can reduce its thermal properties by more than 50%. A 175mm Loft Leg fixed on top of a 100mm truss or ceiling joist provides a lightweight, cost effective solution.

Note: Only do this step if the old insulation has been damp due to water leakage. Or if the insulation looks like it could cause a fire hazard, such as having incredibly large amounts of dust collected on top.If you have very old insulation, consider starting from scratch. Once all is removed you can vacuum between the joists. Expect much dust and insulation particles. Also look out for old nests or hives. Once all the insulation is removed you should then be able to see the plasterboard ceilings underneath. The diagram below shows you an example of a loft: Usually customers go for standard glass fibre insulation. It is the most cost effective solution. Loft Ventilation Planning permission is not required to board out a loft for the purpose of loft storage. Planning is only required if you are wanting to convert your loft into a living space, such as carrying out a loft conversion. As you have already laid the 200mm of fibreglass technically option B is the only one you can take. With option A you be reducing the level of insulation from one that meets current regulations (min 270mm) to one that does not which is illegal as you would be making it worse. The Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has today (Wednesday 22 November) announced a range of tax, benefits and savings measures. We round up the key announcements and what they mean for you.

Want to know how to board your loft? then you have come to the right place. Our skilled tradesmen have boarded many lofts in Essex and London. This article covers everything you need to know about how to board your loft. We take into account insulation requirements, storage and access. Why Board out your Loft? Loft Legs or loft stilts are loft flooring legs that raise your loft floor boards allowing extra height for your insulation to sit underneath without compressing it. Loft legs therefore maximise your heat saving performance as compressing insulation greatly reduces how effective it is. Insulate your home without compromising on storage space by using Loft Legs to raise the loft floor by 175mm for energy efficient loft storageScrew the loft legs directly into your floor joists. Space them 1m apart along the joists. They should be fixed along every joist the floor will be. Joists are usually spaced about 300mm apart. This means you will have loft legs 300mm apart between joists, and 1m apart along the joists.

Manufactured in the UK from recycled materials, the Loft Leg is designed to be strong enough to walk on and store up to 50kg per square metre. Thermal studies have shown that pressing your insulation can reduce its thermal properties by more than 50%, the Loft Leg avoids insulation compression saving energy and money. It's only a 9cm difference but if only those loft legs were 8.5cm high and id be as sweet as a nut. Autumn Statement: Workers to pay less in national insurance – but rate cuts don't offset the freezing of personal tax thresholds

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We recommend 4.0 x 30mm screwsapproximately 70-100 screws per box of loft legs will be required (4 per leg base plus 2-4 to secure board to the leg The loft legs can be spread apart a maximum distance of 600mm centres. This means they are ideal for joists that are spaced 600mm or under. The diagrams in this post show how to install loft legs for 300mm joists, just to give you an idea of how you go about installing them. How to Board your Loft – Step by Step Guide Step 1 – Remove the Old Insulation The modern trend is to install down lights. However, such lighting does have a negative effect on insulation properties due to the amount of down lights required. Building regulations require a gap between your down lights and insulation. A generous gap ensures the down light will not overheat. Did you know that LED down lights can get very hot too due to there large heat sinks?