A mineral wool top-up completed for a Victorian upper-flat with a shared roof void in Leith by one of the vetted installers we work with. We started with around 90mm of ageing wool with bare patches at the edges — here is what changed, in the installer's own photographs.
These photographs are from a real loft project carried out by one of the vetted installers we work with. Edinburgh Loft Insulation arranges the free survey and the written quote; the installation itself is carried out and guaranteed by the installer. Property details are described in general terms — we do not publish customer names or addresses.
The property is a Victorian upper-flat with a shared roof void, a type you see a great deal of around Leith and the streets near it. The starting point was around 90mm of ageing wool with bare patches at the edges — well short of what a roof needs to hold heat in through the winter and keep it out through the summer.
Before anything was specified, the loft was checked properly: the access, the joist layout, the condition of whatever was already up there, the airflow at the eaves and any sign of moisture. That inspection is what decides the work. A photograph and a phone call are not enough to specify a loft, and we would not quote a job on that basis.
The recommendation was a full 270mm laid in two directions across roughly 34m², with the hatch insulated and the eaves kept clear of the new wool. The work took one day, and the loft was cleared and left tidy at the end of it.
Mineral wool is the dependable default for an open loft floor: it is non-combustible, it is straightforward to top up, and it takes a joist layout without any fuss. It needs depth to work, which is why the layer is built up and cross-laid rather than simply topped off.
The flat warms up faster and the heating runs for shorter cycles. A typical price range for work of this size and type in Edinburgh is £740–£900. The only figure that really means anything, though, is the one on your own written quote — after someone has been up and looked.
If your home is anything like this one — thin or settled insulation, a converted room that never quite feels right, storage sitting straight on top of the layer, or simply no idea what is up there — the first step is the same for everyone.
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