insulated dpc

sculptor

Posters have mentioned using insulated dpc, who makes it and is it readily available?
Would it be suitable to use above a cavitywall lintel, the cavity is not insulated but the room is being drylined and I have made the inner leaf wider than the outer so I will have insulation on the widow and door reveal but there is a coldbridge under the lintels.
Hope someone can understand my ramblings.

ircoha

sculptor wrote: »

Posters have mentioned using insulated dpc, who makes it and is it readily available?
Would it be suitable to use above a cavitywall lintel, the cavity is not insulated but the room is being drylined and I have made the inner leaf wider than the outer so I will have insulation on the widow and door reveal but there is a coldbridge under the lintels.
Hope someone can understand my ramblings.

see http://www.plysolene.com/Plyload3.html

which sinnerboy posted elsewhere.

why not use a metal insulated lintel
see page 6 or 7 here:
http://www.recticelinsulation.com/NR/rdonlyres/1BCA6765-64D5-4241-A197-C2C3DA5BD2D6/6382/Eurowall.pdf

as an example

or http://d2480053.u85.eurhost.com/admin/documents/Steel_Lintels_Steelite_PDF.pdf

Mellor

I seam to remembering seeing "arlelplex" or similar insulated DPC featured in a dansk window detail

sculptor

I'm going to use an insulated lintel. But the inside leaf is above the door is still cold unless I bring the drylining down and across it which will intrude on the door frame. Any ideas?
Thanks
Jim

sydthebeat

sculptor wrote: »

I'm going to use an insulated lintel. But the inside leaf is above the door is still cold unless I bring the drylining down and across it which will intrude on the door frame. Any ideas?
Thanks
Jim

move the door out to the cavity or even the outer leaf.....

sculptor

The cavity is not insulated, the inner leaf is drylined.
How do you post a sketch?

Mellor

Bring the insulation down and across the inner leaf, oversize the door frame to account for this

sculptor

Thanks Mellor, There's no point in over complicating it, it's only a lintel not the space shuttle. I suppose 25mm is enough.