insulation for 1st floor room

[No skills]

Evening, after some advice if possible.

I have to pull up all the floorboards in an upstairs bedroom soon and thought I might as well fit some insulation while I'm sorting everything out. The floor is timber joist and pine floorboard, I'm wondering what insulation to go for - standard fibreglass stuffed in between the joists or something more modern like the superquilt fixed over the top of the joists. I dont particularly need any sound reduction, just want to slow heat loss from this drafty old house. The house is 1890's end terraced with solid walls (no nice cavity fill for us ).

Any thoughts?

 

[carlb40]

I would probably go with some form of fibreglass. Mainly because if access to cables etc are needed, then superquilt or similar will just get cut to bits and left. Or you need to remove a whole section of flooring to remove the insulation. I know which one a few tradesmen will do.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

I did mine when I renewed the ceilings - I have a living room that is so hot I wouldn't wish to stay in it, and two bedrooms that are bl00dy freezing. Be careful how far you take it.

 

[RogerS]

I wouldn't do it. You will lose far more heat from your downstairs room through the walls and/or windows than up into the bedroom. What little heat escapes upstairs simply goes towards reducing the heat you need to put into the bedroom.

 

[dp341]

I wouldn't do it. You will lose far more heat from your downstairs room through the walls and/or windows than up into the bedroom. What little heat escapes upstairs simply goes towards reducing the heat you need to put into the bedroom.

Definitely what he said.

 

[No skills]

Well colour me suprised.

Phil, could you tell me what you used? did you pack the ceiling right up with insulation?

Thank you all for your input so far, this could be an expensive and time consuming mistake :shock: