Loft Conversion - A corker of a time

I had always thought that laying loft insulation was the worst job in the world, turns out i was wrong, it's the 2nd worst job in the world.  The worst is removing loft insulation!

and just when you thought you'd prepared yourself for an evening of hot, sweaty, sticky action you lift the itchy, invasive glass wool to find dusty, loose, cork insulation which will need to be swept up.

The glass wool insulation was bagged up and disposed of at the local civic amenity site, the foil wrapped lengths of insulation were laid aside for reuse in the eaves area later.  The loose cork insulation was bagged up and set aside for re-use in the under-floor area, because a wee bit of t'internet research has confirmed that loose cork has insulation qualities which are at least equal to, possibly better than, glass mineral wool (c.0.045Wm/K).  Not only that, it's in short supply and accordingly is quite an expensive insulation option.

With the floorboards lifted, the route of the electrical conduit can be seen.  The conduit will be bypassed by the new wiring for the loft conversion and lighting in the ceiling below which will be installed by a qualified electrician to ensure compliance with current regulations.

With all the insulation removed, the 6"x2" joists and their spliced joints can be seen.  These joists will be doubled up and packed out in line with the structural engineers requirements prior to being sandwiched between the C24 timbers specified by the structural engineer.