Just been left high and dry (literally!) with hardcore that is too high. Now what???

[Onoff]

Get digging, it's cheaper than the gym and the beer tastes better at the end of it! 

 

[ProDave]

9 hours ago, Onoff said:

Get digging, it's cheaper than the gym and the beer tastes better at the end of it! 

 

Hear hear. I have lost a stone in weight and 2" off my waist in the last year of building. I have gone back to having to wear a belt to keep my trousers up.

[Jeremy Harris]

As Ferdinand says, adding skirt insulation can be a significant help as it pretty much totally removes the edge losses,  With a renovation, where there will be little insulation and not much hope of a cold-bridge free wall to floor junction otherwise, this can make a worthwhile difference, just by reducing the rate of heat loss around the periphery,  My guess is that this may well make up for having less underfloor insulation.

[Ferdinand]

As ever, you are where you are, and after exploring your options you pays your money and takes your choice.

Best of luck.

I am now settling in to tonight's hotel, and the room is actually quite interesting design-wise so I may do a thread.

No complimentary brandy, though :-(, but in Hilton Doubletrees you get a welcome cookie.

Off soon to visit some more garden squares ... also some are inspirational designs in small spaces.

Ferdinand

[DeeJunFan]

Have you priced the difference in the EPS v PIR? 

I was looking for 200mm of PIR v 300mm of EPS and the EPS was coming out more expensive for the same u-value.

Perhaps there are more reasonable prices for EPS over there but I was shocked by the quotes I got back.