Hi
Sorry in advance that this is similar to many other posts. It just seemed that there were so many variables that each case seemed to have a slightly different answer.
I have a small roof space which I would like to use to store 'essential junk' i.e. things that I will probably never use but just can't bring myself to throw away!
At the moment, the insulation is all 'horizontal'. That is to say, there is no insulation in the roof itself, it is all above the ceiling of the upstairs rooms. The roof is terracotta clay(?) tiles layed over a black waterproof sheet.
There are no header tanks.
Ideally, at the end, it would be lovely to have a space that was not too damp. Temperature doesn't matter because none of the things to be stored are heat or cold intollerent. A finness would be some suggestion of how the end walls and/or roof inner might be covered to try to keep dust down a little.
It would be nice if the rest of the house was as warm as possible(!) so if any suggestions of where insulation should best be would be fantastic too.
On a separate (but linked) theme. I think (?) that the cement 'fillets' that complete the join between the roof tiles at the edge of the roof and the adjoining wall between my house and the next (terrace house) has come away slightly. I guess just though time as bits of the house have moved. It is too scary to go outside onto the roof (5 floors up!) without getting professional scafolding. Is there anyway I could try to 'inject' something from the inside to fix the problem? I wondered if expanding foam work? Failing that, has anyone had any success in training squirels to apply a coat of tar based roofing paint over such areas using their tails (and what is the RSPCA's view of this) :)
Sorry, I know I almost certainly havn't included enough info but I didn't know what to put in and wanted to keep the message slightly more managable than 'War and peace'
Thanks very very much in advance
Stephen