Murph1603

I’ve nearly finished a self build timber frame bungalow, standard timber kit with 50mm cavity then 4” high density blocks with dry sash render, it’s taken 18 months and just wondered before carpets go down how long it’ll take roughly to start holding heat better, as it standards no carpets yet and heatings only on when we are there as heating controls haven’t been finished so it’s currently on a plug top so only taking it up to 12 degrees roughly before we knock it off

Hi Guy’s, just wondered what was everyone’s opinion on initial heating of a new build and heating the fabric of the build and the drying out I.e will the moisture absorb more heat until dried out as such

Afternoon all, my house isn’t currently rendered and there is a few sills missing and expansion joints in blocks aren’t sealed up, once all of these are done will that improve air tightness for drafts?

It’s radiators, my thinking being if the air is running up behind the 25mm insulation then effectively I’ve very little insulation acting on my external walls, we had 70mph winds here today and the air was howling in with the gusts might be a reach but would air getting in through expansion joints and missing sills be roaring in through the kit and making its way in? I’m half hoping that once house is scratches coated, rendered and all sealed up it may stop the air so much as the externals will be sealed as such,

Thanks, there’s nothing from the inside going outside through the kit, the boiler is external and ducted in under the house, most days are windy in the far north of Scotland but I Appreciate the sentiment all the same

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I will try and foam up any and all penetrations into that areas, no plumbing work in any external walls, can get below the floor quite easily and will go down and try and foam these areas also, truth being maybe we were bit Naive in our abilities and not knowing enough about insulation, we’re in a situation now where I think it’s a struggle to heat this place and my girlfriend is due to give birth in 3 weeks and don’t think we can raise a kid in a house that is this cold.

So there is 120mm in the kit then a 25mm service gap then 25mm PIR over the kit, the house is unfortunately taped and painted now as nothing was noticed in summer months we never knew anything was wrong, we were spec’d either 120mm PIR in the kit or 140mm Frametherm and went for the PIR as it worked out a lot cheaper, is there anything we can do to rectify this? Also about the ceiling is 400mm of mineral wool and below the floor is 200mm of mineral wool, air Tightness test was done and came in at 1.62 Appreciate the help

Hi Guys looking for some info/help here, just finishing up a self build and the insulation spec was 120mm PIR inside the kit with 25mm PIR over the kit with all joints tape, but we’ve noticed during windy days we’ve wind coming through all outlets on external walls, the outside of the house is concrete blocks which haven’t been scratched yet or rendered, would it be possible that the wind is coming in through the expansion joints/around windows,sills and doors that haven’t been sealed and getting through the kit? We put the 120mm in as tight as we could and any small gaps were fill with expanding foam. Any help appreciated guys thanks