Roof and Floor Insulation Guide
This Blog will explain how to install roof and floor
insulation into your Lillevilla Log Cabin during the build process.
Floor
Insulation
With the floor insulation it is imperative that this be
installed before the floorboards go down.
1. To hold up
the insulation off of the floor you need to put a nail, screw or some other
kind of baton 25mm down the floor bearer/support.
a. At this
point you can install some extra baton/timber between the ends of the bearers
to hide the insulation from view.
2. You need to
put one of these into the bearers at least once every 400mm. Whilst the minimum
is one support every 400mm you could put more in if you wished.
3. After the
supports have been put in place you will need to cut the insulation board to
the required sizes. These will then slot between the floor bearers and rest on
the supports you put in earlier.
4. Once the
insulation is in place and flush with the top of the floor bearers you will
need to use foil tape to seal any joints between the insulation and the
bearers.
a. Please note
that you will have the damp proof course (DPC) layer resting on top of the
floor bearers. This is perfectly fine as the tape will connect to that as well.
5. You are now
ready to install your floorboards.
Roof Insulation
The roof insulation, unlike the floor, can be installed after
the cabin is built but it gives a better finish when you install it during the
cabin build. If we are supplying your roof insulation, then we also provide all
the items I will mention below.
1. The first
step is to build your cabin up until the roof boards have been laid.
2. You will
then need to lay the vapour control layer (VCL), which is the foil sheet, over
the roof boards and secure this down with the foil tape.
3. Then you
need to attach batons the whole way around the top edge of the roof. This
insure the VCL stays down as well as providing a barrier for the insulation.
4. After that
you can lay the insulation board on top of that, using the previously installed
batons as your guides as well as stoppers.
5. Then you
need to use the foil tape again to seal all of the joints between the
insulation boards as well as the batons.
6. At this
point you can lay the oriented strand board (OSB) over the top of this and
attach it to the batons.
7. After this
you just need to lay your roofing material over the top and attach any fascia
that are provided with the cabin, detailed in the build guide.
a.
Please not that with the increased profile of the roof the fascia boards don’t always cover the whole of the roof purlin/support beams. This is perfectly fine and as long as the ends purlins are treated like the rest of the cabin then they will be just fine.
Please not that with the increased profile of the roof the fascia boards don’t always cover the whole of the roof purlin/support beams. This is perfectly fine and as long as the ends purlins are treated like the rest of the cabin then they will be just fine.
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