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Insulate timber framed house
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The above spray their foam between the studs and NOT into the cavity, the cavity remains that - a cavity
A tip for people with timber frames houses - next time you've a windy night put your hand at the gap between the sill board where it meets the window frame and feel the breeze.
From my experience the sill board doesn't bridge the cavity gap and all the air sent into the cavity via the breather holes in the out concrete leaf seeps through these gaps. I've siliconed along all of mine to block off the draught.
God post, we seem to have a few problems with some breezes, my own fault and lack of education on it all to be honest, did all the insulation and plasterboarding and cills myself so I didn't obviously seal it well enough!
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God post, we seem to have a few problems with some breezes, my own fault and lack of education on it all to be honest, did all the insulation and plasterboarding and cills myself so I didn't obviously seal it well enough!
Wish i had done mine myself. Got a air infiltration test done witha thermal camera and it's obvious that the fibre glass has shrunk / settled / not enough used. In fact there was only about 2m length of fibre glass split in half I.e 75mm in the alcoveby the fire place. One stud had nothing!
I wonder could I pump behind the plaster board without removing the fibre glass?0 -
Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Regional Midwest Moderators, Regional West Moderators Posts: 16,716 Mod ✭✭✭✭ Join Date:Posts: 15155
Wish i had done mine myself. Got a air infiltration test done witha thermal camera and it's obvious that the fibre glass has shrunk / settled / not enough used. In fact there was only about 2m length of fibre glass split in half I.e 75mm in the alcoveby the fire place. One stud had nothing!
I wonder could I pump behind the plaster board without removing the fibre glass?
Where did you get the thermal camera may I asked?
I wonder if a lad could rent a pump and pump it in myself
IF you could drill small holes, say an inch wide in the plaster board between the internal studs, could you pump it?
I would have no issue filling it again and painting over.0 -
Where did you get the thermal camera may I asked?
I wonder if a lad could rent a pump and pump it in myself IF you could drill small holes, say an inch wide in the plaster board between the internal studs, could you pump it?
I would have no issue filling it again and painting over.
Got someone In to do it. About 200, maybe less iirc. they attached a blower to the door frame and sucked the air out of the house. It was 2deg outside and I had the inside at 23deg for 24hrs so you could really see the difference in temps. Could even see where the RSJ s were ducting the cold air into the centre of the house.
I was thinking the same myself about pumping, especially after the mess of ripping the front room apart to re insulate
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