Insulation

Our first winter we struggled to keep any warmth in the house and finally bought special aluminium foil insulation and just rolled it onto the floor of the loft to give some sort of protection.

We struggle to keep warm in cold weather because when we look up at the beams we see the bare wooden slats of the loft floor.  In the days when the loft was used to store hay just having the bare boards was an excellent plan.  The hay insulated the rooms below. 

Lounge ceiling showing floor boards of the loft

Now, we are having the house insulated properly.  In the lounge the insulation will cover the cross beams and we will just have the two main beams showing in the new ceiling.  In the dining room however, we think the cross beams make an attractive feature and so the insulation is being fitted between the beams.

Lounge ceiling insulation

Dining room ceiling insulation between the cross beams

The bedroom (which was a cow shed) had little or nothing below the bare roof.  The new insulation feels like a duvet has been thrown over the room and already it feels so much more cosy.

Bedroom ceiling insulation like a large duvet