Changed two light fittings for a lady last week. late 50's early 60's house.
First one in a downstairs cloak at front of property. Removed the ceiling rose to find a 1" thick layer of polystyrene between the plaster board and the joists.
Second one was in a room at the rear, same thing, 1" thick polystyrene under the plasterboard.
Never seen this before, what was the purpose? Anyone know?
Perhaps it's a stash of contraband polystyrene. You know what these Kentish people are like...
Someone is trying to kill her off.
Insulation, probably. I've got walls made of pb with about quarter of an inch of ps behind it. (I didn't choose it.)
Owain
In message , Frank Erskine writes
TMH didn't say which side of the Mudway the lady was on!
But why would you want to insulate the ceiling of a two story house?
The 'Kentish' side like me! Not the 'Kent' side.
But aren't both sides on the Kentish side? They seemed to be last Friday when zipping over said river on Eurostar.
In message , Andy Hall writes
:) (after reading that description TMH is probably glad he's not really Kentish tho' :)
btw, I'm a MoK but living way off on the Kentish side.
So that when it's converted into flats downstairs doesn't pay for upstairs heating :-P
Does it vary?
I was aware that Thanet is an island - kind of - but that really is the end of the earth.
The Planet Thanet as it's known around here :-)
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