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Space efficient thermal dry-lining

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  • #32
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 43,701 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    pullandbang wrote: »
    I'm not that interested in what it says.

    I just corrected your original assertion that multifoils were not certified and you were kind enough to provide the link to the cert that didn't exist.

    I rest my case:)

    :D


  • #33
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,110 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    pullandbang wrote: »
    I'm not that interested in what it says.
    Perhaps you should be interested in it rather than maintaining a dogged attitude about an issue that you appear unwilling or unable to comprehend.

    If there are comments to be made in this forum which directly contradict other peoples assertions then I want to see them backed up with hard facts otherwise they will be removed.


  • #34
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    Apologies to the OP for this going off on a tangent.
    muffler wrote: »
    If there are comments to be made in this forum which directly contradict other peoples assertions then I want to see them backed up with hard facts otherwise they will be removed.

    sydthebeat made the assertion that multifoils were not certified.
    I pointed out that there was a cert doing the rounds - a BBA cert at that, not some dodgy cert from God knows where.

    syd duly posted the link to the cert that supposedly didn't exist.
    He backed up my argument with the hard facts and I am eternally grateful.


  • #35
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers, Paid Member Posts: 43,701 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Every material on earth has an insulative property.... glass, steel, timber, aluminim foil etc. My mobile phone is solid yet im not going to use it to drive nails into wood, even though i probably could... similarly i would not use multifoils to insulate my roof, even though i probably could.. .for all the reason mentioned above.

    the BBA cert i linked to PROVES that the product is NOT CERTIFIED as a stand alone insulator. In case you missed this i will state it again.....

    the BBA cert i linked to PROVES that the product is NOT CERTIFIED as a stand alone insulator.



    Read the thing if you want to have an informed argument.


  • #36
    pullandbang
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 4,941 ✭✭✭pullandbang


    sydthebeat wrote: »
    the BBA cert i linked to PROVES that the product is NOT CERTIFIED as a stand alone insulator. In case you missed this i will state it again.....

    the BBA cert i linked to PROVES that the product is NOT CERTIFIED as a stand alone insulator.

    You've now tempered your original assertion (below) with the phrase "as a stand alone insulator".
    "doesnt matter.....
    multi-foils are not yet verifiable or certified."

    If you had said this in the first place we wouldn't have had this discussion. The statement that multi foils had no certification was incorrect.
    A statement that they needed to be used in conjunction with something else would have been correct.

    The defence now definitely rests for good on this topic and again apologies to the OP:)


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  • #37
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,110 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Im not taking sides in this dispute or difference of opinion but with his second post on the issue and which was made 2 days ago sydthebeat said
    ah, but the bba cert is for use a a vapour control layer, and NOT as an alternative to insulation... look it up.... the BBA cert states that the multifoil must be used in conjunction with other insulations to meet regs....
    and that was what he also said in the post above and to which you have now agreed with. So whats the problem then?

    Im amazed - simply amazed


  • #38
    bauderline
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 899 ✭✭✭bauderline


    Is that a black horse I see..... no wait..... its white..... definitley white !

    syd's post from two days previous spells it out and leaves little room for ambiguity, certified as a vapour barrier, not certified as an insulator. Hence it terms of insulation its not certified, period. As you should use a certified material then one would be advised to use another material to insulate ones home.


    pb you'd do well in the soccer forum.... cough... cough....

    B.


  • #39
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 40,561 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Multi-foils make me go for the barge pole


  • #40
    echristie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27 ✭echristie


    I'm guessing the absolute minimum is a 25mm cavity with 25mm battens and 25mm board?

    [/QUOTE]

    We drylined (i.e. insulated) old freezing house after massive amount of research. Saw <professional> do one room, then did rest ourselves. Rooms 17x17ft, 9ft ceilings. Used 35mm xtratherm boards in some and 100mm in others. Used plasterboard adhesive (yukky grey stuff in bags, but easy to use). xtratherm website is good. No battens, no fiddling about. Got guys in to tape and joint. Result: even with uninsulated floor we can actually heat a room using an open fire and it will stay fairly warm. Not that that is how we actually heat the house. Our conclusion: far too much research to try to demystify the subject. Work out how much space you are prepared to lose from interior and just go for it. Good luck or hope it has already worked out! eileen


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