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Cavity walls

  • 11-02-2020 11:23pm
    #1
    from_atozinc
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    I think houses of 20/30 years old were built with a cavity wall.

    However in the year 2020, are cavity walls still built? Or is there a more modern or different approach to how it’s done ?


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  • #2
    mickdw
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    Yes, cavity walls are still being built and personally I'm still a fan.
    Lots of other systems being used also but cavity is a better weathering system than most.
    Done right - properly detailed with airtightness and insulated it is still a good solution and is straight forward to produce a A rated house.


  • #3
    Gumbo
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    from_atozinc wrote: »
    I think houses of 20/30 years old were built with a cavity wall.

    However in the year 2020, are cavity walls still built? Or is there a more modern or different approach to how it’s done ?

    Do you mean cavity walls or cavity blocks?


  • #4
    from_atozinc
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    kceire wrote: »
    Do you mean cavity walls or cavity blocks?


    I mean cavity wall.


  • #5
    volchitsa
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    So does that mean retro-filling the cavity with that mousse stuff was a mistake then? (I remember my parents getting that done in the late 70s).

    Also, how complicated, expensive, or even feasible is it to make a 70s house airtight using current techniques?

    Uncivil to the President (24 hour forum ban)



  • #6
    sydthebeat
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    from_atozinc wrote: »
    I think houses of 20/30 years old were built with a cavity wall.

    However in the year 2020, are cavity walls still built? Or is there a more modern or different approach to how it’s done ?

    'cavity wall' as a building system is hundreds of years old.... and is still a very valid system as its basic principles are sound.


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