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Cavity Closers


wozza

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Hi All,

 

Cavity Closers - anything to discuss? any recommendations? or are they all pretty much the same thing.

 

Can they be mitered in the corners or should they overlap vertically or horizontally?

 

Thanks,

 

Wozza.

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If you have rigid insulation it is difficult to make it fit snug to the closer. I know they act as a vertical DPC but why not just bring the cavity insulation to the edge and have a strip of DPC up the sides?

 

The cavity closers do hide a multitude of sins (mortar snots, missing insulation, uneven cavity width, missing wall ties) and make plastering simpler and Building Control seem to like them.

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5 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

If you have rigid insulation it is difficult to make it fit snug to the closer. I know they act as a vertical DPC but why not just bring the cavity insulation to the edge and have a strip of DPC up the sides?

 

The cavity closers do hide a multitude of sins (mortar snots, missing insulation, uneven cavity width, missing wall ties) and make plastering simpler and Building Control seem to like them.

The cavity closer acts as a supporting frame for the windows not just as a dpc. Its thermally better to mount the windows within the closer rather than on the outer skin. 

Can you not foam the rigid insulation to the closer to close the gap? 

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