Keeping your home warm / heating / energy crisis / insulation etc

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Fox in reply to @NotThamesWater

I'm wondering what planning departments are going to do when everyone wants to add 6 inches of foam to every external dimension of their house.

So am I, haha. We got our planning through with no quibbles, which surprised us given we're planning to clad an early Edwardian terrace in cement boards which will really look quite different to anything around us (see attached pics).

My current understanding is that includes an expectation there will be some insulation under the Viroc boards, but for 100mm we might need to specifically get the OK. I need to talk to the architects about that this week.

Given our local authority have declared a climate emergency you think they'd be supportive, right...

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hugo7 in reply to @Fox
This looks great.

2 qs:
1. Does the first floor have cement boards covered in brick slips?
2. What age is the house?

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Fox in reply to @hugo7
1. I actually don't know what will be under the brick slips - I'm about to pester the architects about the external build up because it effects the internal. Cement fibre boards would seem to make sense though. Just probably thinner/less expensive than the Viroc boards on the ground/top floor.
2. 1903

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