Loft Insulation in Pyle

Mining villages and later estates

The area's older housing comes from its coal and industrial past. Kenfig Hill and Cefn Cribwr have rows of Victorian and early twentieth-century terraces built for mining families, typically with slate roofs, narrow hatches and lofts split by chimney breasts. In these houses we often find a scrap of old insulation laid decades ago, if anything at all.

Pyle itself and the Cornelly villages expanded heavily in the later twentieth century, with large estates of semis, terraces and bungalows. These usually have concrete tile roofs with timber trusses and lofts that are easy to get around. The original insulation in them was laid to much thinner standards than today's 270mm, and later work such as rewiring or new aerials has often left it disturbed or pushed aside.

On the newer streets around the edges, homes are better insulated from the start, but boarding added by owners can squash the insulation, and gaps around the hatch are common in every age of house.

Coastal weather and practical points

Pyle and Cornelly sit only a few miles from the dunes at Kenfig, and homes here catch salt-laden wind off the sea. Ventilation at the eaves is important on any job in this area, and we check for condensation and mould while we are up there.

Estate streets usually have driveways or easy kerbside parking, which makes unloading simple. In the older terraces of Kenfig Hill, we'll agree where to park when we book. If your home has spray foam under the roof, our spray foam removal guide explains why lenders and surveyors often flag it, and our spray foam removal service page sets out how we take it out.