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Not having insulation in your walls is strange to me.
Terraced houses init. Next door provides the insulation. Unless you are unlucky as in Aggi's case where you are the end of the terrace, in which case you have a huge combined heat sink & cold bridge.
The real fuckers are pre 1950s detached houses and semis that either had single skinned brick walls or (if you were lucky) cavity walls with just an air-gap.
If I was in an EOT or the Edwardian semi we nearly bought, I'd get something on the exposed wall if I could. Suspect the boundaries might be an issue with external insulation which is a right fucker as internal is both shitter and a more of a ball ache to do.
Mrs Howard's parents gaff in Canada always amazed me with its ability to retain warmth despite the outside temperature being mega-cold.
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External is easy but a big job. Usually means ripping off siding, attach rigid foam panels, tyvek housewrap, and replace siding. Replacing windows and doors is sometimes done at the same time.
Expensive and best left to contractors.
Indoors means filling cavity with fibreglass wool and a vapour barrier. This is common when replacing a window. Not a huge job if you do one room at a time. -
Mrs Howard's parents gaff in Canada always amazed me with its ability to retain warmth despite the outside temperature being mega-cold.
@Doctor_Cake appears to have been demoted.
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Make the walls thick enough and it's ok. Ours are 80cm minimum and it's never too cold in the house.
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I'd get something on the exposed wall if I could
A mate had their place externally insulated and rendered and apparently it made a massive difference.
I wonder about this, but as dull as our 50s semi is I quite like it being brick. That said it did make me think about getting the external north wall alone externally insulated + render.
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Not having insulation in your walls is strange to me. It’s common for detached garages to be insulated and drywalled here.
Even though it’s December two neighbours are getting new windows. One local window manufacturer has an 8 week backlog. Lots of 1960s houses here have aluminum sliders that are like having a hole in the wall.
The province will give you money for insulating your attic, and partial credit for triple pane windows. Not sure about doors.