It is far from glamorous, but picking the right attic insulation for ... not in the rafters. If you do choose to put insulation beneath the roof deck, you must be careful to not create a situation ...

Instead of insulating the attic floor, installers put insulation up against the roof rafters, with a vented space of an inch or two between the top of the insulation and the underside of the roof.

Charlie and Tom Silva work in the attic, installing a hip beam and roof rafters to match the original ... to come down three inches of closed-cell insulation, and then we'll do a new pour.

Instead of fibre insulation installed between rafters (followed by a vapor barrier and drywall that hides your pretty rafter roof), or the same kind of batt insulation placed between floor framing ...