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Dry lining unheated rooms?

  • 10-03-2025 03:01PM
    #1
    sonny liston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭


    Hi folks,

    this might be a dumb question....but here goes anyway....

    I live alone in a 1970s house.

    Suspect the cavity of the original house may have been pumped at some stage before I bought it.

    Windows are double glazed (maybe 10/15 years old). I have sealed up all gaps/drafts. The attic is well insulated.

    I mostly live in the rear extension which is 5 years old and well insulated. So I only turn on the heating (gas) in the extension.

    All the other rads in the house are off. I like a cold bedroom.

    Getting some work done in the house, so considering getting the external walls of the original house dry lined at the same time.

    But is there any point in dry lining rooms if the heat is never turned on in those rooms?

    Will the ambient temperature of an unheated room be the same with or without dry lining?

    Thanks.



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  • #2
    MicktheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,953 ✭✭✭MicktheMan


    You don't mention why you are thinking of doing this.

    Reducing heat loss* from a space will of course increase the temperature of that space once there is a heat source available from somewhere (your extension).

    So adding insulation (which reduces the conduction losses …. assuming it is done properly) to your external walls will do the same.

    However, it may well cause other issues which you may want to avoid.

    • Assuming here you mean adding insulated drylining.


  • #3
    sonny liston
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 62 ✭✭sonny liston


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123251439#Comment_123251439

    Reasons for doing this:

    • getting some other work done (new carpets, bathroom, walls skimmed), so now would be the time to do it.
    • to improve overall comfort level in the house.

    Just wonder how much the comfort level will improve if rads never used. Maybe the house will retain the heat from sunlight for longer??



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