Slate Roof No Insulation

Used here on a slate roof to stop slippage and further roofing bills 200 mtrs of roof sprayed in one afternoon can be applied thicker to give additional insulation.

Slate roof no insulation.

There is no felt paper under the slates and it doesn t look like there s ever been any. I have cental heating in my house and i want a gas fire i have no chimney or ventilation so i have been. Should i leave out the soffit vent. My rafters are 4.

I now want to insulate between the rafters there is currently no insulation on the loft floor or in the roof but i am getting mixed messages from contractors and general literature. Also there is a soffit vent but none at roof peak. Insulation questions. Is there any advantage to trying to get any insulation in between the 2 8 rafters.

Slate is a great roofing material but slate roofs frequently leak. From your book i understand that this is not a problem. Hello gba any best practices on the proper way to insulate a home with an un vented slate roof. The old roof sheathing boards that the slates are nailed to absorb the water and when the sun comes out the board sheathing dries out and no one s the wiser.

The old roof was tar and gravel so the switch to tpo should show significant change. Re defining the envelope to the rafters one would likely use a vapor. Much of the time it doesn t really matter. We have 4 acres of flat land no surrondinh houses.

I have an insulation factor of about 8 10 plus the reflectivity of the white tpo. Keeping the envelope defined as the attic floor would dictate that the attic needs to be vented.