Loft improvements #1

I’m spending a bit of time up in the attic what with the new lighting and plans to put in some ceiling fans.  There’s a remarkable amount of room, as well, and I may be tempted to do a full conversion in the next couple of years…

…but for now the focus is on keeping vapour permeability while reducing the porosity of the volume.  It was literally breezy up there due in no small part to the lackadaisical insulation effort of some past owner.

There were also a variety of antennae mounted in there, plus another buried beneath the blown in (and quite minimal) insulation.  After snow-plowing this yellow horde toward (but not completely over) the 4 inch gaps at the eaves, I started laying modern insulation roll between the joists then covering it all with OSB.   Adding some shelves for storage also helped and I’ve got a couple of old hobbies for which I’m building areas to house hardware.

 

Now it is safe to walk up there without feeling around for a joist (the ceilings below were otherwise unsupported and unsupportive) and the rest of the house feels almost immediately cozier (although that may be psychological).

I’ve managed to tie this part of the refurb to life before Jackie (the Gumby figurine, above, turned up whilst populating the shelves) and to our first few months in the UK:

Next, better lighting…maybe a garden chair and sound system and a bar….