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Cold upstairs in dormer - who do I get to take a look?

  • 12-02-2018 2:12pm
    #1
    somersj
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    Hi,

    I moved into a gable dormer built in 2000/2001 and am finding upstairs to be pretty cold (goes down to around 15 degrees in current winter weather or 0 degrees outside).

    The attic and crawl space floors behind the studded uprights have blown insulation and the rear of the studded uprights are backed with 4 inch kingspan.

    What I think is happening is wind coming in at southwest facing facia and soffit underneath. I can feel a strong enough draught coming from under the skirting boards and across the floor boards when there's a strong enough wind blowing but I don't know enough to know if that is the primary or just one of the causes for the heat loss.

    I was thinking about getting an energy contactor in to do a thermal and air pressure test or having an insualtion contractor take a look but don't know which way to proceed.
    Does anyone have any direction for which way to go?

    I'd love it for someone to check out the whole setup and do a report that I could just hand over to a insulation/building contractor and say do that.

    We're in a fortunate position to have a room free to move into if studded walls need to be removed for rafter/truss access (for something like foam spray insulation) or drywall needs to be re-insulated.

    Thanks.


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