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Effective loft insulation is one of the most important ways of reducing heat loss through the roof of your home.
Effective loft insulation is one of the most important ways of reducing heat loss through the roof of your home.
Whether your property has very little insulation, an older shallow layer, damaged material or insulation that has been poorly installed, Joe Day Loft Control can assess your loft and recommend the most appropriate solution.
We provide professional loft insulation top-ups, complete insulation replacement and contaminated insulation removal for homeowners, landlords and property professionals across Warwickshire and surrounding areas.
From a straightforward insulation top-up to a full loft clearance and replacement, we'll help make sure your loft insulation is installed correctly and works effectively.
It's common to open a loft and find an existing layer of insulation between the ceiling joists.
The problem is that older insulation may be shallow, uneven, compressed or missing altogether in parts of the loft.
Simply having insulation in the loft doesn't necessarily mean it's performing as effectively as it could.
Our first step is to look at what is already installed and determine whether it can be retained and topped up or whether removal and replacement would provide the better solution.
We regularly find:
If your existing insulation is clean, dry and correctly installed but doesn't provide sufficient coverage or depth, a loft insulation top-up can often be the simplest solution.
Additional insulation is installed over the existing layer to improve the overall thermal performance of the loft.
Where mineral wool insulation is being used, modern guidance commonly works around an overall depth of approximately 270mm or more, depending on the insulation product, property and existing installation.
A typical top-up may involve retaining insulation between the joists and installing an additional layer across the top.
Benefits of topping up your loft insulation
We don't take a one-size-fits-all approach. We'll assess the loft first and advise on the appropriate installation for your property.
There are situations where old insulation is better removed rather than simply covered.
This may be the case where insulation has become:
Joe Day Loft Control can remove the existing material, clear the loft floor and prepare the area before installing fresh insulation.
This gives us the opportunity to start again with a clean loft space and provide much more consistent insulation coverage.
Lofts are one of the most common places for rodent activity.
Rats and mice can tunnel through insulation, compress it, move it around the loft and contaminate it with droppings and urine.
Working closely with our parent business, Joe Day Pest Control, gives us extensive experience dealing with loft spaces following pest infestations.
Once the pest problem has been resolved, we can provide:
This provides a complete route from a contaminated loft back to a clean and usable space.
Loft insulation works by slowing the transfer of heat between the rooms in your home and the cold loft space above.
When insulation is inadequate, more warmth can escape through the roof and your heating system has to work harder to maintain the temperature inside the home.
Improving loft insulation can therefore help:
It's particularly worth considering if you're already carrying out home improvements or looking at ways to make an older property more energy efficient.
Loft insulation is one of the areas considered when the energy efficiency of a property is assessed.
If your existing Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) identifies loft insulation as a recommended improvement, upgrading it may contribute towards improving the overall energy performance of the property.
It's important to remember that EPC ratings consider the entire property, including areas such as heating, glazing, walls, lighting and other building characteristics.
For that reason, we don't promise that installing loft insulation alone will move a property from one EPC band to another.
What we can do is make sure the loft insulation element of your property is improved appropriately.
Energy efficiency is becoming increasingly important within the private rental sector.
If you have an EPC D or E rental property and are considering improvements, your loft is a sensible area to investigate.
Visit our Loft Insulation & EPC Improvements page for more information about insulation, landlords and future EPC requirements.
If you intend to use your loft for storage, the insulation and boarding need to work together.
Traditional boards fixed directly to the ceiling joists can restrict the amount of insulation that can be installed and may compress insulation underneath.
Compressing mineral wool can reduce its effectiveness.
For customers who need storage, we can install a raised loft boarding system above the insulation.
This allows you to:
Visit our Loft Boarding & Loft Ladders page to find out more.
Every loft is different.
Before recommending an installation, we consider the condition and layout of the space, including:
It's particularly important that ventilation isn't unnecessarily blocked when insulation is installed around the eaves.
Where there are signs of roof leaks, excessive condensation or other underlying problems, those issues may need addressing before additional insulation is installed.
Our focus is on providing a practical installation suited to the property rather than simply covering the loft floor as quickly as possible.
A common concern from homeowners is that increasing the insulation depth means losing the ability to use the loft.
It doesn't have to.
Joe Day Loft Control can combine loft insulation with raised loft boarding, creating a storage platform above the insulation.
This is ideal if you're:
We can also install a suitable loft ladder where improved access is required.
Joe Day Loft Control provides loft insulation services throughout Warwickshire, Coventry and the West Midlands, Oxfordshire, Worcestershire and surrounding areas.
We have dedicated information for customers searching for:
We're a local loft company providing practical improvements to loft spaces throughout the Midlands and surrounding counties.
Rather than treating insulation, storage and access as completely separate jobs, we can look at the loft as a whole.
We can help with:
That means you can improve the energy efficiency, cleanliness, storage and accessibility of your loft through one company.
The appropriate depth depends on the insulation material and property. For conventional mineral wool loft insulation, approximately 270mm is commonly used as a modern benchmark.
Yes, provided the existing insulation is clean, dry and suitable to retain. We'll assess the existing material before recommending a top-up.
Not necessarily. Removal is usually more appropriate where insulation is contaminated, damaged, damp, badly compressed or unsuitable to retain.
It can contribute towards improving the energy efficiency of a property and may improve EPC performance, but the final EPC rating depends on numerous elements throughout the property.
Yes. Raised loft boarding can be installed above the insulation so that the insulation doesn't need to be compressed.
Yes. Once the active pest issue has been resolved, we can remove contaminated insulation, clear and clean the loft and install replacement insulation where required.
Yes. We can provide the materials and installation as part of the quotation.
Whether your loft needs a simple top-up or a complete insulation replacement, Joe Day Loft Control can help.
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We'll use this information to advise on the next step and provide a quotation where possible.
