What type of insulation?

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ianrb

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Friday 14th September 2012
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Going to do the roof insulation on a small extension, and it appears I have a choice between traditional glass fibre, natural wool or recycled plastic. Granted there may be other alternatives, but those 3 are what's on offer at my local B&Q. Are any better or worse than any other? I would prefer to avoid the glass fibre ones as I know from past experience that it is an irritant.

ianrb

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1,539 posts

141 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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I appreciate that to some extent the insulation properties and thickness of insulation need to be considered, however I was more interested in how easy or difficult the various types of insulation are to install and if any of them had any particular problems, e.g. rodent resistance, fire resistance etc.