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Cavity wall beads spilling into home

  • 11-09-2017 10:15am
    #1
    wedger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭


    Hi there we recently (1 month ago) got our home insulated with bonded bead cavity wall insulation. But have noticed on windy days our upstairs hall is filling with the beads. When I pulled back the skirting board it was full of dry beads - I thought that the cavity was supposed to be filled with beads that are glued together. Now I understand that not every single bead will get glue but this is way more than a handful it's the the whole length of the wall.
    My question is
    1. Should these beads be bonded/glued
    2. Is there any way to check the rest of the house?
    3. If there is an issue who should I contact?
    The SEAI as I git the grant from them or the contractor who left my house looking like it was shot at during a gun fight in Beiruit in the 80's


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Did you by this house or build it?

    This is a wall continuity problem.


  • #3
    punisher5112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,644 ✭✭✭✭punisher5112


    Where the beads escape must be sealed.


  • #4
    Metric Tensor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,727 ✭✭✭Metric Tensor


    There should be concrete blocks or some other form of solid wall behind your skirting board - what happens when you brush away the beads that are behind the skirting?

    Can you take a picture for us?


  • #5
    wedger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭wedger


    BryanF wrote: »
    Did you by this house or build it?

    This is a wall continuity problem.

    We bought the house it was built in 2002. Looks like a gap in the brickwork behind the skirting...!!!!

    But should I the beading not be glued?


  • #6
    wedger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166 ✭✭wedger


    Metric Tensor wrote: »
    There should be concrete blocks or some other form of solid wall behind your skirting board - what happens when you brush away the beads that are behind the skirting?

    Can you take a picture for us?

    Will post a picture in the morning just in from work!


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  • #7
    fred funk }{
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,827 ✭✭✭fred funk }{


    wedger wrote: »
    Will post a picture in the morning just in from work!

    Must have been seriously drafty in there.


  • #8
    MicktheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,908 ✭✭✭MicktheMan


    fred funk }{ wrote: »
    Must have been seriously drafty in there.
    And still is, I would imagine.


  • #9
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    wedger wrote: »
    We bought the house it was built in 2002. Looks like a gap in the brickwork behind the skirting...!!!!

    But should I the beading not be glued?

    Building fabric problem - not bead installers problem


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