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Pannelling attic roof - what to use?

kenmc · 2010-09-23 14:28:28

We had a bit of work done on the house a while back, got a dormer roof put on a bungalow; there's a walk-in sort of closet which has access to e.g. water tank and also to a crawlspace etc, which we'd like to use for storage. There's exposed insulation (fibreglass I think) below the rooftiles which I'd like to panel off, so…

23-09-2010 3:28pm

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We had a bit of work done on the house a while back, got a dormer roof put on a bungalow; there's a walk-in sort of closet which has access to e.g. water tank and also to a crawlspace etc, which we'd like to use for storage. There's exposed insulation (fibreglass I think) below the rooftiles which I'd like to panel off, so just wondering what to use. AFAIK there's a DPM between the roof tiles and the insulation.

Can I just use plasterboard? If so, does it need to be foilbacked or can it be the 'normal' one? Do I need to put a DPM between the plasterboard and the insulation?

Or should I use something else entirely e.g plywood or something?

Cheers
K

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