Hi,
We live in an old house (1840)and the roof of this house has its lower part pitched and the upper part has a more conventional flat ceiling, rather like this (in x-section) /\ / \ /----\ / \ / \
Where the upper part (above the ceiling) is sealed. My problem is that the room is very cold so today I sawed a hole in the ceiling to see how much insulation was there. I was surprised to see that a previous owner has laid fibreglass wool perpendicular to the joists and not in between them. I can't think why this would have been done. Does anyone else know why? My plan is to re-lay this insulation in between the joists and to poke additional insulation wool down each of the channels (formed by the joists) in the the pitched part of the roof. Can anyone think of a better solution please?
Many thanks.