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dannymccann |
posted on 1st Nov 08 at 22:17 |
Aye if I could get into the loft I would do so, might get my old man to acquire me a ladder from work hehe | |
AndyKent |
posted on 1st Nov 08 at 20:06 |
Oh, forgot to add. Dry-lining could be pretty expensive - probably far more cost effective to see if you can get some sort of discount on loft insulation and get that done instead. | |
AndyKent |
posted on 1st Nov 08 at 20:04 |
Wall is too old to have any insulation. Best way to check is stick a tape across the thickness. I would think it'll be about 9" thick. The best you could hope for is that its been dry-lined internally in which case it'll be more than 9" thick. | |
Colin |
posted on 1st Nov 08 at 11:33 |
No way a house of that age has insulation, it wasnt invented!! | |
dannymccann |
posted on 1st Nov 08 at 09:37 |
Would it be a good point to make that every outside wall (that isnt an adjoining terrace) is freezing cold? If it was insulated / could be insulated surely this wouldnt be the case? | |
Colin |
posted on 31st Oct 08 at 17:30 |
Cavity wall insulation leaves lots of holes in the facing of the house, leaves it a right mess, id say yours hasnt been done! | |
smcGSI16V |
posted on 31st Oct 08 at 16:33 |
quote: I quite agree with that. And the hole don't worry about, just slap abit of muck in there to block it up. | |
Leighton |
posted on 31st Oct 08 at 16:20 |
it looks like a old terrice house in which case the old walls will just be solid brick (ie the front of the house) the back looks like a new extention in which case it will probably be a 100 or 150 mm cavity | |
Simon |
posted on 31st Oct 08 at 15:35 |
Look across the openings, door ways/ windows to try and judge the thickness of the walls. Bricks are normally 100mm wide, blockwork normally the same. Not sure yours would have a cavity. | |
dannymccann |
posted on 31st Oct 08 at 14:20 |
Right I want to know how to inspect my walls to see if they are insulated and if not, whether they can be. Its a mid terrace so the side walls dont matter. I have no idea when the place was built either. |