Damp, foam or old insulation? Fixed in Bracknell

Common loft faults here

36% of homes in Bracknell are terraces. Older terrace lofts often have no roof felt, gaps through the party walls and insulation pushed into the eaves, which is a recipe for damp timber.

18% of the housing in Bracknell is semi-detached. When we open those hatches we often find cables buried under old insulation and eaves packed tight.

26% of homes in Bracknell are flats. The roof space above a top-floor flat usually belongs to the freeholder, so check your lease before any work.

Worth checking in a Bracknell loft: a cold draught round the loft hatch, grey, dusty insulation that has lost its spring or eaves packed so tight no daylight shows. Any one of them is worth a free check.

Next step

We fix lofts in Bracknell and around it, including Crowthorne, Wokingham, Ascot, Sandhurst and Camberley.

If the problem is a roof leak, we’ll tell you plainly so you can get it fixed before we insulate.

Who lives in what in Bracknell

Census 2021 put the number of households in Bracknell at roughly 33,700. By type: terraced houses 36%, flats and maisonettes 26%, detached houses and bungalows 19%, semi-detached houses 18%. 24% own outright and 39% have a mortgage or shared ownership; 17% rent from a private landlord and 20% from a council or housing association. Three bedrooms or more: about 61% of homes (23% have four or more).

Figures: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, Bracknell built-up area, bedrooms approximate. Percentages rounded.