Heat Insulation

1395 topics in this forum

1. Help! Cowboy contractors have not insulated cavity walls or roof

   By Farah Jones, January 15
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   • Andehh
   • January 15

2. Stone & rubble walls: all-natural solid insulation, or a "system"?

   By YodhrinForge, January 14
   • 4 replies
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   • YodhrinForge
   • January 14

3. Would EPS be suitable for externally insulating garage ceiling with bedroom above?

   By andeebee, January 11
   • 12 replies
   • 974 views
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   • ETC
   • January 13

4. Cork floor insulation

   By mjc55, January 10
   • 3 replies
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   • Iceverge
   • January 13

5. No wonder its draughty!

   By TheMitchells, January 11
   • 18 replies
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   • TheMitchells
   • January 12

6. Possible way to reduce bridging between studs?

   By sb1202, January 9
   • 6 replies
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   • Redbeard
   • January 10

7. Useful video for Scottish trad houses

   By sb1202, January 8
   • 8 replies
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   • sb1202
   • January 9

8. Filling chimney stack voids

   By ectoplasmosis, January 1, 2024
   • 11 replies
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   • Wolfman310
   • January 8

9. EWI over pebbledash

   By allthatpebbledash, December 27, 2024
   • 6 replies
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   • nod
   • January 7

10. 1920's Detached Bungalow IWI

    By dipz1110, January 6
    • 0 replies
    • 570 views
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    • dipz1110
    • January 6

11. Should there be a gap in tiled window sill.

    By MiketheViking, December 23, 2024
    • 3 replies
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    • MiketheViking
    • December 30, 2024

12. Victorian Bay Window

    By Stevieb12345, July 13, 2024
    • 24 replies
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    • Redbeard
    • December 29, 2024

13. Slice Bread: Insulation Hacks

    By SteamyTea, December 21, 2024
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    • SteamyTea
    • December 21, 2024

14. Should I insulate between old and new roof?

    By MitcheCA, December 18, 2024
    • 3 replies
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    • MitcheCA
    • December 20, 2024

15. IWI Kooltherm k118

    By stephanh, December 11, 2024
    • 3 replies
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    • stephanh
    • December 15, 2024

16. How to insulate tricky ceiling corner join

    By sb1202, December 14, 2024
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    • sb1202
    • December 14, 2024

17. Stone built internal wall insulation advice please 1 2

    By sb1202, December 12, 2024
    • 38 replies
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    • Redbeard
    • December 13, 2024

18. Dew Point Issue

    By Triassic, December 10, 2024
    • 20 replies
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    • SteamyTea
    • December 13, 2024

19. Breathable paints

    By ab12, December 9, 2024
    • 13 replies
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    • sgt_woulds
    • December 13, 2024

20. Diathonite questions

    By charlieroper, November 22, 2024
    • 5 replies
    • 1.6k views
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    • Redbeard
    • December 10, 2024

21. Insulation and air-tightness suggestions needed for windy, flat room dormer

    By andeebee, December 9, 2024
    • 1 reply
    • 767 views
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    • IGP
    • December 9, 2024

22. Brick Removal & CH Pipework

    By HHHAMSTA, December 3, 2024
    • 2 replies
    • 676 views
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    • Super_Paulie
    • December 6, 2024

23. What type of insulation to use for steel cavity lintel externally?

    By MikeGrahamT21, December 4, 2024   

    • thermal bridging
    • 1 reply
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    • MikeGrahamT21
    • December 6, 2024

24. New build - cold bedroom 1 2 3

    By Littlebig, April 11, 2022
    • 64 replies
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    • saveasteading
    • December 4, 2024

25. Can you Parge onto wet blocks?

    By GEO-PAR, November 28, 2024
    • 10 replies
    • 1.5k views
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    • mjc55
    • December 3, 2024