Loft Boarding for
New Builds.

Yes! Instaloft can board your loft without risking your New Build Warranty. In fact, our patented system is the ONLY officially approved method to board a new build loft over high insulation. The award winning system has been developed by Loftzone to raise the floor safely ABOVE the insulation without the need to squash or remove it. It has been vigorously tested and approved by the BBA and is the only system in the UK to have not only passed but exceeded the requirements for loft boarding. Find out more below and view many examples from our recent loft boarding installs, which have been fitted for our customers across The Midlands, Staffordshire and Shropshire.

Standard Loft Boarding is where the loft boards are fitted directly onto the loft joists or onto a timber subframe. It is effectively a DIY method of boarding a loft and isn’t suitable for an insulated loft at all let alone a new build loft. Using a timber subframe to “raise” the floor is generally insufficient in height to avoid squashing the insulation and adds a lot of additional weight that the structure was never designed for. It can also lead to damp and condensation. Standard Loft Boarding has not been recommended for lofts since 2013. Even prior to then it was becoming frowned upon.

With the higher levels of insulation in modern homes we retain more heat in the rooms below. This in turn reduces the temperature in the loft space.

Modern equipment such as tumble dryers, washing machines and showers increase the amount of water vapour in the air too so most of us now live in fairly humid environments. The increased humidity slowly makes it was into the roof space resulting in a cold space with a high degree of water vapour present. This means maintaining air flow is more important than ever.

Boarding directly onto the joists or onto a timber subframe means that air doesn’t cool fully before it hits the timbers and boarding. These then act as thermal bridges which gather interstitial condensation and damp. Over time they will start to rot and become unsafe. It can also effect the structural timbers as well. It is therefore recommended that there should be an airflow gap between the boards and insulation of at least 50mm, something that cannot be easily achieved with standard loft boarding.

We are really proud to have become the leading Loftzone authorised installer in the UK. We fit premium loft boarding to New Build Homes across the Midlands, having transformed hundreds of unusable lofts into safe and usable storage spaces. For your peace of mind we are fully insured and offer a 10 Year Guarantee on all workmanship. We are also Trustmark and Fairtrades Accredited.

Get in touch to see how our loft boarding can transform your New Build loft.