Northern Ireland's Technical Booklets apply, not England's Approved Documents.
Belfast's housing and what it means for insulation
Red-brick Victorian and Edwardian terraces across the Ormeau Road, Ravenhill, the Shankill and Falls, inter-war semis in Finaghy, Stranmillis and Cregagh, post-war estates in Rathcoole and Twinbrook, and suburban detached stock in Holywood, Newtownabbey and Lisburn; the surrounding countryside is bungalow and farmhouse territory.
Typical Belfast enquiries
- Terrace loft conversions off the Ormeau and Ravenhill Roads
- Inter-war semi loft rooms in Finaghy and Cregagh
- Rural bungalow roof-space conversions
- Loft floor upgrades in estate housing
Qualitative pattern from Belfast's housing stock; replaced with aggregated, anonymised Belfast enquiry data as it builds.
Belfast bungalows: roof space that wants to become a room
Belfast's Ormeau and Ravenhill terraces carry the conversions; outside the city the roof being converted is usually a bungalow's, and Northern Ireland's Technical Booklets set the requirements.
Bungalow roof spaces are large, low and shallow-raftered, and converting them is the most common way to add space. Depth is the constraint: a thin certified quilt under the rafters, often with PIR between, keeps the room usable. Dormers, the long unventilated eaves runs and the position of services all need detailing, and building control treats the conversion as controlled work.
Coverage around Belfast
Assessment and installation are allocated by postcode and project type across Belfast and these surrounding areas:
Foil insulation across Northern Ireland →
How it works, briefly
Postcode → property questions → assessment where a physical inspection is needed → recommendation → fixed quote → installation. Every step runs to the InsulationMatch installation standard; the installing company is named on the quote. Multifoil itself is explained in the multifoil guide, and what moves a price in the cost guide. Local ranges are published here only once genuine Belfast quotes exist.
Local projects
Documented Belfast projects are added to the project library as they complete. Until then the library's typical project scenarios show how the housing above is assessed.