Warm roof question

a Steel. The roof will be a shallow pitch (about 9.5 degrees). The top 3 la= yers (top down) are steel sheet breathable membrane 18mm OSB We are proposi= ng a warm roof solution, with the next layers being: 50mm PIR 150*50 rafter= s with 100mm PIR between Foil backed plasterboard So: (1) Should this need = any more vapour barriers anywhere (2) Should the PIR be at the top of the r= afters with a void below (seems sensible). Cheers Dave R -- No plan survive= s contact with the enemy. [Not even bunny] Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (\_= _/) (=3D'.'=3D) (")_(")

Surely with a warm roof (no ventilation) solution you put the waterproof co= vering above insulation above vapour barrier (i.e. the foil on insulation) = above rafters above ordinary plasterboard.=20

Robert

In message , David WE Roberts writes

Hmm... The shallowest pitch found on BS5502 class2 agricultural barns is

Why? The very last thing you need is water vapour able to reach the potentially cold outer skin.

Sounds plenty:-)

Don't know. Surely the Building Research Station must have got this

The permeable membrane between the steel and the OSB didn't make a lot of sense to me, either, but this is specified in the installation guide from the manufacturers. AFAICS you don't want water to migrate inwards, and you aren't going to get much migration outwards from the OSB if there is steel sheet on top. However, that is in the insatllation guide and Building Control have accepted the solution I described.