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iTrader: (2)

Got a solid walled house, so no cavity insulation. Only option seems to be to dry-line it with insulation board. Anyone done this?

andy97

iTrader: (1)

Not personally, but you will need to frame the walls to give you a flat surface to mount insulation boards or enough space to have insulation behind. You will reduce the size of the room, but that is obvious.

MJW

You can either use insulated plaster boards (something like Kingspan), or insulate the external wall & render it. Or you could even stud out the wall, fill it with rockwool then fix your plaster boards.

al4x1

whats the outside like?

another option which would probably be cheaper if suitable would be to externally insulate, so you just board over the outside then a couple of specialist layers over the top and render on top of that.
Won't be cheap but far less disruption than trying to internally insulate you also don't loose any room space.
IMHO unless you are going to stay there forever its probably not worthwhile making sure you have the most efficient boiler plus draughtproofing and loft insulation etc will save more and cost far less

jimmyv

we tend to specify insulated plasterboards, the likes of which have already been mentioned, without seeing what your walls are like (i.e. straight or all over the shop) i would have said framing out isnt always necessary, however always worth bearing in mind when you come to get a price.
also agree with Al4xi, get your basics like high energy efficient boiler, draught proofing, new windows maybe and loftinsualtion sorted first if you can.

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Outside is a lovely brick construction so is not an option LOL

Question is the thickness of inside but the price is £30 for 20mm to £45 for 60mm.

Fortunately I've got flat enough walls for it to not need battening. Time to go and cost it...

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We have a new (well 4 yr old) oil boiler + loft insulation but we need to sort out the windows as they're 20 yrs old and are starting to fail. Thick curtains help but are not the answer.

jimmyv

new windows will go a long way towards the overall impact, but you cant go really go wrong wither way you go it'll all help to reducing costs (or at least keeping them level at this rate ) i can dig out some details from work tomorrow if it'll help.

al4x1

simple answer is bucket loads, boarding every external wall plus re-plastering and decorating its really not worth it for a relatively small saving, replace the windows and if you want to go all eco bung in a log burning stove and heat it with wood that way you don't worry about heat loss as its carbon neutral cost depends what you can find scrap wood wise or whether you need to buy logs. Also check the loft insulation is as deep as you can get it. Fundamentally turning the thermostat down a few degrees and wearing a jumper indoors saves rather a lot if you really want to go all eco just make sure you have the sandals to match

MJW

If he's turning the heating down, I'd recommend a nice thick pair of socks to go with those sandals

Leslie

We added a cavity wall using wallboarding with silver foil on the side facing the original wall.

Les

r32

A cheap way of quickly improving the wall insulation is to paper it with thin polystyrene. Its available in rolls from most good DIY places. It works very well, not as good as cavity wall but its not expensive to do either.