Loft Insulation in Baglan

What Baglan's homes are like up in the loft

Baglan has an old church and manor history, but most of the homes you'll see today are twentieth-century and later. Much of the village is made up of estates of semis, detached houses and bungalows built up the hillside as Port Talbot grew around its steelworks and industry, with some newer developments added more recently. Older cottages and terraces are fewer, mostly in the original parts of the village.

For the loft, that mostly means pitched roofs with concrete tiles and timber trusses or traditional rafters, with a reasonable amount of space to move around. The weakness is the insulation itself. Homes from the 1960s to the 1980s were built with a thin layer by modern standards, and in many houses it has never been topped up. Over time it settles, gets moved by electricians and is covered by stored boxes.

Bungalows on the slopes are worth a special mention. Their roofs cover the whole house, and on exposed plots the eaves take a battering, so gaps and wet patches at the edges of the loft are something we look for carefully.

What Baglan homes usually need

Loft Insulation in Baglan

Baglan's 1960s to 1980s estate houses typically have a thin original layer, and topping it up to 270mm of mineral wool is the most useful single improvement for their lofts.

Loft Mould Treatment in Baglan

Hillside homes facing Swansea Bay take moist, wind-driven air into the roof, so we treat any mould on the timbers and sort out the ventilation that caused it.

Loft Boarding in Baglan

Family homes here often use the loft for storage, and raised boards stop the new insulation from being squashed under boxes.

Weather, views and practical points

Being on a slope facing the sea, Baglan feels the full force of westerly weather. When rain is driven hard against a roof, small gaps at the ridge or eaves can let water in, and a loft that is also poorly ventilated is likely to suffer condensation. We look at both before we lay any new insulation.

Most streets here have driveways or easy parking, so access is rarely a problem, though some hillside roads are steep. If you'd like to understand the damp side better, read our article on why lofts get condensation and mould. You can also see how we approach loft mould treatment.