Advice please!!!

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

i am about to put my roof on new loft i have metal box profile sheets and also clear sheets for light to enter at the front. My questions is can they just be put up as they are or will i need to board it then put them up as i have been told in winter if put up without boards it will be damp. Can any one tell me what would be best thanks.

[Geraint Parry]

are they the insulated ones? or just single skin?

[Guest]

i have heard people who put them on lofts without insulation say the water was running down the walls

[Geraint Parry]

I think the condensation would build up on the singled skinned sheets. I would put some sort of boarding on and then sheet ontop of them

[jimmy w]

when its rainin its ok but when it turns frosty then thaws out the water just drips on floor so better boardin first m8

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

are they the insulated ones? or just single skin?

 

hi mate yeah just single skin ones

[The Navigator]

I used them just bolted to the cross bearers and have had no trouble.

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

I used them just bolted to the cross bearers and have had no trouble.

 

just single skin ones mate

[The Navigator]

Yes all single.

[ally mac]

I had corrugated iron but had to insulate becuse of the condensation freezing then thawing. I think I also lacked proper ventilation which may have added to the problem. Not a problem now though as the lofts been demolished, pigeons are in the summer house (much to the wifes disgust) and the new lofts here at the end of next week. Cant wait to get it up!!!!!!!!!

[DOVEScot]

If you have a good air flow they will be fine but if not the heat will condense on it, best to use sterling board and this allows you to walk on it as well if needed, also less chance on any leaks

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

If you have a good air flow they will be fine but if not the heat will condense on it, best to use sterling board and this allows you to walk on it as well if needed, also less chance on any leaks

 

is the sterling you mentioned the osb boards mate

[DOVEScot]

 

is the sterling you mentioned the osb boards mate

 

OSB is oriented strand board made in the same way as Sterling board, I am not sure it it is coated on one side the same as Sterling board for use on roofs or as good quality, I know you get OSB that is very rough and flakey :-/

[Guest Grasshopper Lofts]

 

OSB is oriented strand board made in the same way as Sterling board, I am not sure it it is coated on one side the same as Sterling board for use on roofs or as good quality, I know you get OSB that is very rough and flakey :-/

 

thanks for that mate

[Ted]

Sorry for changing the trend, but where you getting your loft from ally mac if you don't mind me asking?

[Beanz]

If you use onduline sheets you do not get condensation and you get an air flow.

 

 

                                                                Paul

[Chairman]

Before fitting the sheets I would have a 2" gap all around the 4 walls of the loft, cover with small guage galvanised weld mesh, this

would aid the birds with fresh air and at the same time carry the stale warmed air out of the loft so would not condense and form

moisture. The plus factor would be by providing clear sheets extra warmth and light into the lofts, but dont over do it because in

summer it will get too warm induce the moult and your birds would be over heated which could cause you lots of trouble.

I wish you well and may commonsense prevail.

[ally mac]

Sorry for changing the trend, but where you getting your loft from ally mac if you don't mind me asking?

 

My new loft roof will be sheeted with sterling board with onduline on top. I think this will insulate the roof to a certain extent and prevent it heating up to much in the summer.

Its a local shed builder thats building it for me to my design. 24 x 9 with a 3'corridor.

A 1' strip allong top at the back with wire mesh

A 1' strip along the front at the bottom with wire mesh and a 2'6" strip along the front from about 4' to 6.5' high along the front also that I can also put up perspex shutters on in poor weather.

[jimmy white]

i should use boarding first , i once had pigeons in a metal roofed loft , the water dripped off it [condensation] and was really unsatisfactory , i bored holes all the way round the top of the loft, vented  all round the bottom , put in two towel rails , this helped reduce any condensation , but was never satisfied with this loft [which was actually an old coal shed], i had other lofts at the time with good ventilation , and used this  one as a spare