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Re: Sheeps wool insulation, how much and what about existing glass fibre?
Ask yourself why you want extra sheeps wool insulation. The mineral fibres of the gass wool wont go away by laying sheeps wool on/under it.
If you want cheap insulation then go for glass wool. If you want half ways cheap insulation go for wrapped and packed glass wool. But if you want healthy insulation then change the house. Once loose mineral fibre has polluted a place it's very hard to get rid of it.
200mm glass/rock/sheeps wool is the legal minimum of roof insulation.
I used two 100mm layers of sheeps wool.
The recessed lights would have to be covered at their backside. This could be done by clay flowerpots for example. Clay because most likely the cable's insulation used at the lights are made from PVC which should not come into contact with PS (polystyrene). And plastic flower pots are made quiet often from the cheaper PS material. An alternative is changing the PVC cables to silicone cables. Or cover the existing ones in ducting.
Ask yourself why you want extra sheeps wool insulation. The mineral fibres of the gass wool wont go away by laying sheeps wool on/under it.
If you want cheap insulation then go for glass wool. If you want half ways cheap insulation go for wrapped and packed glass wool. But if you want healthy insulation then change the house. Once loose mineral fibre has polluted a place it's very hard to get rid of it.
200mm glass/rock/sheeps wool is the legal minimum of roof insulation.
I used two 100mm layers of sheeps wool.
The recessed lights would have to be covered at their backside. This could be done by clay flowerpots for example. Clay because most likely the cable's insulation used at the lights are made from PVC which should not come into contact with PS (polystyrene). And plastic flower pots are made quiet often from the cheaper PS material. An alternative is changing the PVC cables to silicone cables. Or cover the existing ones in ducting.