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what material did you use for insulation? I've been reading loads recently about how insulation a victorian/edwardian solid wall home is great but that it can decrease the building's ability to breathe, which brings moisture problems.
Some insulation materials are better than others for avoiding this. Just something to be aware of.
gillies-
You have to be careful with retrofitting insulation to any property really, nothing is risk free.
Grenfell being a worst case scenario
Other dumb things like filling wall cavities (30s housing) with spray insulation that then allows damp bridging, filling the roof void with spray on insulation that then prevents any form of maintenance, fitting external insulation that prevents brickwork from drying out.
All this stuff those Insulate Britain clowns pretend isn't a thing
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Rockwool, normally for lofts but work well underneath, should be breathable.
We benefit more because we live in a terraced house so we don’t need both wall to be insulated (fortunately, don’t want to make the flat any smaller).
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what insulation material did you figure out was best for beathability / mitigating moisture issues ?
Howard
edscoble
cozzzzzzzz
Insulating the floor turn out to be the best (and insanely expensive) thing we’ve done.
We got the floorboard ripped out to put insulating that’s hung on the suspended timber, which took 4 days (2x room) and over 2 grand to do.
Last night we turn the heating on, and turn it off after 10pm before went to bed, the next morning, the room is no longer freezing.
It’s a weird feeling being in an late Victorian house that doesn’t feel like a gigantic walk-in freezer in winter.