Renovation of a '60s bungalow
Hi, first post here.
My wife and I are about to exchange contract on a detached bungalow built in the 1960s and are planning to give it a thorough overhaul. The structure of the bungalow appears to be very sound, but the heating and insulation really need some modernisation.
In particular, we would like to:
demolish the porch near the kitchen and extend the kitchen 2m into the garden
insulate the concrete floor, by excavating the concrete slab
install an un
I would just fit a conventional good quality one unless you end up with extract only ventilation. There'll be plenty of air in your house to feed the stove. No need to put in more holes.
It does help. I'll try to show with some Therm simulations adapting my own 250mm eps cavity wall.
An approximation of external wall insulation only. Total interior U value 0.49.
Now with 200mm EPS in the floor. U valu
