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Just blowing insulation in a the wall here without informing building standards it a bit of a no-no, you can just do that in Canada?
Houses typically aren't of (mostly) brick construction. Much more like US stuff, timber frames sitting on top of a brick / concrete basement, lots of drywall etc. When you do external wall insulation it's (I'm mostly guessing here mind) like sticking stuff in a partition wall in the UK; if you want to take the insulation out, you can, by pulling the drywall down and taking it out.
Or you just knock the house down and start again.
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Or you just knock the house down and start again.
I wish the current fixation with preserving crumbling Victorian and Edwardian terraced housing would just end. People have to keep piling money into keeping outdated constructions inhabitable, for what, nostalgia’s sake?
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External insulation: peel off outer layer of brick/stucco/vinyl siding.
Nail 1” (at least) hard foam insulation to studs
Wrap with tyvek, tape all joints and windows
Cover with vinyl siding -
Ah, gotcha.
Yeah that makes it a lot easier. We need repointing, Stormdry cream and finding an installer that would say "no" if they think it's a risk.
"knock the house down and start again" or insulation on the outside with ventilation with heat recapture (or you get all the mould) but that's 10-15K for our 1952 semi. cough
Muc-ed-off
davidual
JWestland
Just blowing insulation in a the wall here without informing building standards it a bit of a no-no, you can just do that in Canada?
Here in Norn Ire even roofspace/loft insulation has to be inspected and signed off.