Blown loft insulation and mice

[james]

You need to seal off any holes or it will drop down through them. Maybe @Rob_le_Pest can advise on mice using it for bedding?

Have a look at this too

Insulate your loft with blown fibre (video)

Insulating your loft has obvious benefits, reduced heating bills in the winter, cooler in the summer, fewer drafts etc. The method you choose to do the job is not so obvious. There are a multitude of products available from the more common glass wool and extruded polystyrene to the more eco friendly cotton or wood fibre batts and plenty in between. They all have their pros and cons and dependent on the application, budget and insulation requirements, they each have their place. [image] In my case I needed to insulate a loft with awkward access but no restriction on the thickness of the insulation. Some insulation materials have better insulative qualities and can provide similar levels whilst being thinner. The downside is that they are more expensive pro rata. So if you have the space and you are working to a budget you don't need to think thin. In this case due to the access restriction I chose to use dry blown cellulose, it's a great insulator and as you can see from the v…