Insulating A Skillion Roof

Narrow roof spaces like skillion roofs are often the most difficult part of a building to insulate.

Insulating a skillion roof.

A good time to insulate walls is during recladding or replastering. Modern lean to style extensions on existing homes low profile roof design and restricted roof cavities. A gable roof could have an insulated attic or extra usable space. Specialised products are available to insulate existing walls.

A roof is like a hat. A cathedral or barn style roof has open rafters which form the ceiling and offer the potential for adding loft space. To solve the problem architects and builders turn to expol s rigid foam insulation boards for easy installation and the highest standard of thermal. Pink batts skillion roof is designed to be used in skillion roof constructions while still achieving the minimum 25mm clearance between the roof underlay and insulation in.

Retrofitting insulation into a skillion roof has some challenges and it depends on the type of skillion roof you have. Check with your local building information centre. New buildings and retrofits of existing ceilings. In skillion roofs the roof cladding and ceiling run parallel typically within 300 mm of each other.

The roof space is generally inaccessible with little natural ventilation and the small roof space can accelerate problems with moisture. Each roof style has some different insulating challenges. The amount of insulation able to be installed is dependent on the rafter depth as there must be a 25 mm gap between the insulation and the underside of the flexible roof underlay. Expol polystyrene roof insulation is made from high performance expanded polystyrene eps and are easy to install in narrow skillion roof spaces.

How you insulate your roof space depends on how you wish to use the roof space. Insulating narrow roof spaces is easy with expol s range of ceiling insulation boards. Skillion roof insulation from earthwool glasswool 50 year warranty branz appraised no added formaldehyde ecose technology.