My one-storey cottage has an attic
with very little head-room,
not enough for a normal adult to wriggle into,
although there is a trap-door entry.

There is some fibre-glass insulation;
I'm not sure how it was put down,
possibly when the roof was re-laid.

In any case, I am wondering about the possibility
of blowing some kind of insulation into the attic.
Is this an effective method?
Does anyone have experience of it?

Any suggestions or advice gratefully received.

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Timothy Murphy  
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On Sep 18, 12:54 pm, Timothy Murphy  wrote:
> My one-storey cottage has an attic
> with very little head-room,
> not enough for a normal adult to wriggle into,
> although there is a trap-door entry.
>
> There is some fibre-glass insulation;
> I'm not sure how it was put down,
> possibly when the roof was re-laid.
>
> In any case, I am wondering about the possibility
> of blowing some kind of insulation into the attic.
> Is this an effective method?
> Does anyone have experience of it?
>
> Any suggestions or advice gratefully received.

Possibly you could get someone to blow cavity wall insulation up
there, but wouldn't it be messy if you wanted access?Could you push
rock wool insulation in through the hatch, and poke it where it needs
to go, with a pole? Send a child up there? What are your ceilings
like? If they are not original ceilings that you want to preserve, and
you are set on insulating the roof, could you remove the ceilings to
insulate between the ceiling joists, then plasterboard and skim?
Perhaps this is not the time of year for that solution ;-)

Regards
Richard