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Socket sealers

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  • 19-01-2021 5:45pm
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    EVGR
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭


    I’m looking to improve the airtightness and reduce drafts by DYI. I’ve seen these “socket sealers” and “Light Switch Plate Draft Stopper Foam Gaskets”, but they seem to be mostly an American thing. Can I buy something similar in Ireland? Or will the American version fit the Irish sockets and light switches? Thanks!


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    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,618 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    A silicone sealant Fire Rated is what you need around sockets. It would work the same as some gasket but you can decide how to shape it, which you cant with a gasket that has a fixed shape.


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    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,195 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    TBH, you are far better getting to the source of the air infiltration.

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,618 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    TBH, you are far better getting to the source of the air infiltration.

    In a cold roof that may well be the conduit in attic.


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    Calahonda52
    Registered Users Posts: 12,195 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    listermint wrote: »
    In a cold roof that may well be the conduit in attic.


    Yep or a screwed up dabbed on PB with un ducted wall vents:D

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



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    listermint
    Registered Users Posts: 33,618 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    Yep or a screwed up dabbed on PB with un ducted wall vents:D

    Ewe. Where do I hit them :)


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    EVGR
    Registered Users Posts: 61 ✭✭EVGR


    How do I find the source of the infiltration? I feel draft from a light switch on an internal wall, so it may well come from the attic. The attic has 300mm insulation and a floor on raised beams. The wall vents are ducted, but I don’t know how the plasterboards were put up (before my time).
    The airtightness test showed that the walls are well insulated, but the heat retention problem comes through cracks and gaps. So I’m working my way through the house with expanding foam and silicone.


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