Bungalows and chalet houses
Angmering has a lot of single-storey and roof-room living. The Angmering Neighbourhood Plan describes bungalows in the 1930s streets around Mill Road and Lansdowne Road, in the 1960s and 1970s estates of North and South Angmering, and in The Dell, built in the 1980s with bungalows and chalet-style houses. A chalet house already has rooms in its roof; a bungalow often has the space to add one. Either way, the boarding happens under sloping rafters, around dormers and against short knee walls, and it is the angles that decide whether the finished room looks crisp.
In a roof room, rigid insulation boards such as Celotex go between and below the rafters, rock wool fills stud walls and floor voids, and plasterboard is tacked to the timbers ready for a skim. Older roof rooms in chalet houses were often built with far less insulation than is expected now, so stripping a tired slope back and re-insulating it before boarding can make a noticeable difference to how warm the room feels. A new loft conversion needs Building Regulations approval, so check that is arranged before boarding starts.
Terraces, semis and Bramley Green
Elsewhere the need is more about noise and layout. The Neighbourhood Plan describes terraced houses in Lime Grove, at the centre of The Dell, and 1930s terraces around Palmer Road and Arundel Road, while Bramley Green's 600 or so homes range from large detached houses to terraces. Where two homes share a wall, a sound-reducing lining with mineral wool and denser boards can take the edge off a neighbour's television. Ceilings under a bathroom, or between floors where a house has been split, can be hung on resilient bars with acoustic insulation above, which cuts footstep and plumbing noise. When owners reshape a layout, new stud partitions and metal frame (MF) ceilings go up quickly, without the drying time of wet plaster, and fire-rated boards protect escape routes and the wall between an integral garage and the house.
Business premises around the village
The parish council's About Angmering guide notes a number of small business areas on the outskirts of the village, with garden centres, greenhouses, small office buildings and garages, and the Neighbourhood Plan mentions small units in Dappers Lane, Arundel Road and Roundstone Lane. For premises like these we put up metal stud partitions, suspended MF ceilings and lined walls, ready for decorating or a fit-out. Where a wall between a workshop and an office has to be fire rated, the boards, fixings and sealing all need to match that rating, so tell us what the partition has to achieve.
Insulating as you board
Whenever a wall or ceiling is being boarded, it is the easiest moment to insulate it. Insulated plasterboard can line a cold outside wall, and rock wool or EPS can fill voids. If insulating from the inside would take too much room, insulation fitted outside the house is the alternative; see external wall insulation in Angmering. Every board we fix is finished in two coats of British Gypsum plaster, described on our plastering page for Angmering. The full service is on our plasterboarding and dry lining page, and the Angmering page shows our other work here. Call 07824 165672 for free, no-obligation advice.
