Today the sun was out and it hasn’t rained in a few days so the wooden frame isn’t too wet. It was a good (maybe my only, if the weather changes) opportunity to install all the insulation and cover it up. It was a bit of a bugger to be honest. I was reusing all my old original insulation. Much of needed cutting to fit between noggins etc (use garden shears for this).
As Mike has pointed out elsewhere ‘batts’ are much better as they rigidly stay upright, but most of mine was cheaper regular stuff which is worse to work with and wants to slump. I had to put a few staples in here and there to hold it in position.
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After I had fitted it all round I stapled up the DPM. I didn’t bother with a wedge shape piece of wood - frankly out of time, and I don’t think it’ll make much difference anyway.
Corner:
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I used building paper (cheaper) on the bottom row around the building and some more pricey roof membrane on the upper half which I had left over from prior jobs a few years ago. I didn’t have enough for overall job hence the building paper. Once I had done it I wasn’t too happy with the amount of overlap and since I had some left over I added another mid section with large overlaps. Looks less neat but does the job and won’t be seen afterwards.
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I added a few battens to keep material secure from wind etc but not managed to complete them all yet. But that’s a fairly easy job to do during evenings after work now.
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