So at the moment I'm doing a lot of work to my hose, I've just removed the chimney breast - which was a total pain in the bottom (never realised there were so many bricks involved).
Anyway I've just removed my outside wall plasterboard (living room) as I'm fitting 100mm celotex insulation and rewiring some stuff. In the past I had cavity wall insulation installed - the kind where you get holes drilled from the outside and they pump the insulation inside the wall. I was very surprised to find that when I removed the plasterboard that most of the insulation was only filling about half the cavity due to the weight of it over time compressing the insulation.
Anyway what a waste of heat, If I had know about that I would have changed it years ago - so If you have that type of insulation, I recommend you change it to kingspan/celotex - It's not expensive from B&Q - £56 for a 2400x1200x100mm sheet and £6 for a sheet of plasterboard. - most walls round my way only need 3 of each, when you consider that's less than £200 to do that - and the money you'd save in gas/electric from heating - it's worth getting done the next time you decide to decorate.
Moan over.
Bookmarks