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[Vamps]

But if you stick 12" or more of insulation up there.. where does everyone store all the years of accumulated boxes of crap super important stuff you can't bring yourself to throw out?

You been peeking?................

[05omegav6]

In the garage with all the other crap

[Terbs]

I have just had a leaflet through the post. Full 100% to anyone insulating their home. Its from a company Freegrant on www.freegrant.co.uk It says regardless of, age, income or savings or employment status

I have not checked it out yet, as it only came Friday and I forgot about it.

[tunnie]

Slightly off topic, and a random question.

Is cavity wall insulation standard in new build homes?

[TheBoy]

Slightly off topic, and a random question.

Is cavity wall insulation standard in new build homes?

yes, part of the regs

[tunnie]

Slightly off topic, and a random question.

Is cavity wall insulation standard in new build homes?

yes, part of the regs

Cheers 

[scimmy_man]

not always, they can acheive the insulation values in other ways, but 99.99999% of the time yes.

[Marks DTM Calib]

not always, they can acheive the insulation values in other ways, but 99.99999% of the time yes.

Not any more they cant, even a few years ago (and the regs are tighter now) a brick outer plus 75mm full fill cavity (there 100mm these days), plus thermalite block plus 10mm air gap plus plasterboard only just scraped through.

[aaronjb]

Personally I've been thinking about something like this: http://www.markgroup.co.uk/homeowners/insulation/external-wall-insulation?gclid=CObc05v9p7oCFQrJtAod4X4AAw - given my pointing is in an awful state and the fact that injected insulation would most likely lead to damp..

Apparently it's very very popular in Germany (or something similar).

[Sir Tigger KC]

I've been looking at that too, as I have an end terrace property, where the gable end is exposed and gets quite a battering in bad weather! 

I have a new tenant moving in there soon and she might be eligible for getting it done for free!    Now what were we saying about escalating energy bills.....   

[omega3000]

Personally I've been thinking about something like this: http://www.markgroup.co.uk/homeowners/insulation/external-wall-insulation?gclid=CObc05v9p7oCFQrJtAod4X4AAw - given my pointing is in an awful state and the fact that injected insulation would most likely lead to damp..

Apparently it's very very popular in Germany (or something similar).

Never seen that before but looks good  Having 9in solid wall it looks like the best option ..

[scimmy_man]

not always, they can acheive the insulation values in other ways, but 99.99999% of the time yes.

Not any more they cant, even a few years ago (and the regs are tighter now) a brick outer plus 75mm full fill cavity (there 100mm these days), plus thermalite block plus 10mm air gap plus plasterboard only just scraped through.

yup I have only been doing this now for the past 40 years, what about internal/external insulation where due to exposure levels a cavity is a good idea?
ok its only one in 10.000 etc but can be done.