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Do 1940s houses have cavity walls?

amsbam1 · 2015-12-29 12:18:59

I am looking at buying a council built house in Dublin that was built in the 1940s. The house is cold so needs some insulation. I was wondering would cavity insulation be the easiest. Does anyone know if houses built at this time are likely to have cavity walls?

29-12-2015 1:18pm

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amsbam1

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I am looking at buying a council built house in Dublin that was built in the 1940s. The house is cold so needs some insulation.

I was wondering would cavity insulation be the easiest. Does anyone know if houses built at this time are likely to
have cavity walls?

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#2 29-12-2015 11:47pm

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amsbam1 wrote: »

I am looking at buying a council built house in Dublin that was built in the 1940s. The house is cold so needs some insulation.

I was wondering would cavity insulation be the easiest. Does anyone know if houses built at this time are likely to
have cavity walls?

I imagine a house of this vintage has solid walls. External insulation would be best.

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#3 04-01-2016 12:07pm

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Most unlikely to be cavity at this age.

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#4 04-01-2016 7:22pm

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In Ireland hardly not a chance........in UK perhaps you could see some already built in cavity from 1920ish....

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