Hi Stewie D, you could well be right about it possibly being the original ceiling. The current plasterboard ceiling is a smidge over 9 feet high, and the hessian is…

Hi Stewie D, Yeah, R-4.5 was my thinking for the minimum too. Roofing is pretty ordinary, but it keeps the rain out, just not the cold and adding insulation seemed…

Thanks Bels, I hadn't even considered that (which should give a good idea of how much of a novice I am at this DIY stuff). But the material is definitely…

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I bought an old miner's cottage a year ago and after freezing through a Ballarat winter I'm looking to put in some ceiling insulation. I climbed up into the…