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It probably took me and my partner a week to do the ground floor of small 1950’s house
Was that from scratch, or just the installation, after you'd done all the clearing/prep?
Looks great and must be really satisfying to know it's been done right
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Thanks guys. At work I see insulation being installed soooo badly all the time. Honestly horrifying how much people are paying for building work and the insulation being put in is truly awful. So I was pretty motivated to do it right on my own place. I’d actually love to get more into sustainable building / retrofit for work.
From scratch I reckon, so floorboard removal, prep and installation included. It was basically 3 rooms and a hallway.
josho
Yep, I did it myself but I’m a carpenter. It was quite a lot of work In the end. I had to level all the joist again and tie them together as they were just rested on the sleeper walls. I replaced a couple that had some rot and treated everything with wood preserver. The membrane installation is physically hard as you have to constantly stoop down and reach to staple it whilst also trying to keep it taught. The taping is also fiddly and takes time to get right. Putting the insulation in is the easy bit. We made it harder for ourselves by trying to limit the floor build up. So we also had to batten each side of the joist and cut OSB to fit between to form the sub floor. None of it is particularly complicated but it is hard work. It probably took me and my partner a week to do the ground floor of small 1950’s house. I’m really happy to know it was done right though and the floor isn’t going to rot away beneath me.