So I've just moved into a new house, and having popped up into the loft, I've found there's literally no insulation up there at all. (Old house, late 1800's I'd guess)
Thing is, the floor of the loft is fully boarded, because the underneath of these boards is the ceiling of the room below, and there's no joists in the loft because they're "upside down" jutting down into the room ceiling space - if that makes sense.
I want to get the loft space insulated, but I've never come across an area like this before - Seems like standard options don't quite apply here.
Has anyone ever insulated a loft like this? I'm open to suggestions, currently toying with the idea of putting a closed-cell foam self adhesive insulation layer on the floor, but I want to use the loft for storage as well so I'm thinking if I did that, I'd need to raise the floor level up a bit, or the foam would eventually get ripped and trashed.
Thoughts?
Thing is, the floor of the loft is fully boarded, because the underneath of these boards is the ceiling of the room below, and there's no joists in the loft because they're "upside down" jutting down into the room ceiling space - if that makes sense.
I want to get the loft space insulated, but I've never come across an area like this before - Seems like standard options don't quite apply here.
Has anyone ever insulated a loft like this? I'm open to suggestions, currently toying with the idea of putting a closed-cell foam self adhesive insulation layer on the floor, but I want to use the loft for storage as well so I'm thinking if I did that, I'd need to raise the floor level up a bit, or the foam would eventually get ripped and trashed.
Thoughts?