Flat Roof Help!

11 months ago

So we’re currently looking at replacing the flat roof on our kitchen. It’s the only flat roof on the property. However we’re stuck between a cold roof or a warm roof. Currently our kitchen has no insulation and due to it being a solid wall would have to be done internally or externally which we’re currently not looking into. One person who came to quote advised as we’ve got no insulation in our kitchen we won’t see the benefit of a warm roof really and spending the extra money for it to be a warm roof. However a builder who lives next door thinks cold roofs may become abit obsolete due to having to be a certain energy efficient standard. So I don’t really know what to do! Any opinions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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11 months ago
Insulate the walls and the roof
Anna G
11 months ago
Heat rises so you're losing more heat through the roof than the walls. I'd expect you to benefit from the warm roof even without insulating the walls. Plus you could insulate the walls later if you want to. So I'd take your builder neighbour's advice.
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