Loft insulation removal and repairs in Cheltenham

Common loft faults here

32% of homes in Cheltenham are semis. Their roomy lofts tend to have decades of storage sitting on thin, flattened insulation, often on boards nailed straight to the joists.

21% of households here live in terraced houses, many with slate roofs and no felt. Those lofts need airflow, so insulation must stop short of the eaves.

Flats are 30% of homes here. If damp is coming through your top-floor ceiling, the freeholder or managing agent needs to agree to work in the loft above.

Private renting is common in Cheltenham (24%). The loft is easy for landlords to forget until damp shows through a ceiling.

Worth checking in a Cheltenham loft: insulation that sits level with or below the tops of the joists, black spots on the rafters or felt or grey, dusty insulation that has lost its spring. Each has a cause we can usually find and fix.

Booking a loft check in Cheltenham

If you’re in Cheltenham or close by, in Bishop's Cleeve, Brockworth, Churchdown, Gloucester and Tewkesbury for instance, we can come out.

Have a surveyor’s report mentioning the loft? Note it on the form.

Cheltenham’s housing at a glance

There are around 55,400 households in Cheltenham, going by Census 2021. Housing here splits roughly 32% semi-detached houses, 30% flats and maisonettes, 21% terraced houses and 17% detached houses and bungalows. Most homes are owned (64%), and 34% of households have paid off the mortgage. Renting: 24% private, 12% social. Three bedrooms or more: about 57% of homes (22% have four or more).

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