Hi all,
Our house has a garage and two 'basement' utility rooms below the main house which are unheated. There is no insulation currently between the ceiling of the two utility rooms and the floor of the living and dining rooms above - just the floorboards & joists and then carpet.
It seems like a no brainer in the current climate to add some insulation between the joists to reduce energy wastage in the winter. However I'm a bit unsure of what type of insulation would be most appropriate and rapidly get lost in a maze of PIR type boards versus mineral wool type insulation.
Would anyone be able to offer an opinion on what would be best and what the best way of securing it would be?
Here are a couple of images. As you can see, I would need to work around the waste water and central heating pipes present in one of the rooms.
Thanks in advance,
Alex
Our house has a garage and two 'basement' utility rooms below the main house which are unheated. There is no insulation currently between the ceiling of the two utility rooms and the floor of the living and dining rooms above - just the floorboards & joists and then carpet.
It seems like a no brainer in the current climate to add some insulation between the joists to reduce energy wastage in the winter. However I'm a bit unsure of what type of insulation would be most appropriate and rapidly get lost in a maze of PIR type boards versus mineral wool type insulation.
Would anyone be able to offer an opinion on what would be best and what the best way of securing it would be?
Here are a couple of images. As you can see, I would need to work around the waste water and central heating pipes present in one of the rooms.
Thanks in advance,
Alex