Hi Everyone

[John Mcnamara]

Hi all and thanks for allowing me to join.

My wife and I are retired and last year we moved to a stone built cottage bungalow. It has turned out to need a lot of work. It is extremely cold and I intend to insulate it inside the walls. One of the things that the property had was a very large garage and since I needed a workshop and storage area, it ticked this box. I had to insulate this first as I needed to move equipment into it. It was even colder than the bungalow, and damp too. So I set too dealing with the damp and then adding Cellotex over 2x1" battens, followed by fireboard and finally skimmed. It has a warm loft covered in with 1/2" plywood. There are a series of hatches allowing access. Terrific for storage. Its quite cosy in here now. I have learned a lot about insulation in a year.

Still, everyday is a school day and I am here to learn.

John

[SteamyTea]

Welcome.

 

What thickness Celotex did you fit and did you fit a vapour control layer (VCL) and what are you doing to heat the space?

[ToughButterCup]

Welcome @John Mcnamara.... good to see your get-up-and-go....

Ian

[John Mcnamara]

2 hours ago, SteamyTea said:

Welcome.

 

What thickness Celotex did you fit and did you fit a vapour control layer (VCL) and what are you doing to heat the space?

Regarding the garage, it has a concrete floor so that was covered in Visqueen. Then it has 50mm Celotex on the floor and 18 mm caberboard over it, as it's a floating floor. The walls and roof have 100m Celotex fitted. This has the metallic film on both sides and has the metallic tape to seal the gaps. The plasterboard is 12mm and has been fitted using the foam adhesive, which takes some mastering. Timing is the main thing with this adhesive. It has to be allowed to set just enough.

Anyway, its worked well. Warm and dry. It still has a roller shutter door and that is the coldest part despite it being a n insulated one. I may fit a thermal curtain over it.