insulation

Hello Have any of you used these downlights before? I’ve had a look online and they look good, with a shallow depth and choice of light colour and dimmable. Just wondering on quality and reliability. Is it correct that insulation can be laid directly over them, so touching the light fitting...

Hi I have recently built a new shed/workshop but have a question about insulation before I clad it internally. Walls - are made up of 3x2 (75x47mm) treated timber stud walls, with builders paper stapled to outside and weatherboard cladding fixed on top for the sides and back which won't be...

Evening all, Our house consists of an old 1800's part, and a 90's extension that wraps around the back and side. In the living room of the old part of the house, I've pulled up the original floorboards to insulate the very draughty flooring, to find they've blocked up the air bricks at the...

Do I need a 50mm ventilated cavity between my ceiling insulation and the chipboard above in the loft? The loft has no insulation but is ventilated.

Hi New on here , I’m looking at buying an Edwardian semi , standard construction however the current owner has converted the loft he has insulated between the rafter and t&g over it . Shouldn’t a warm roof have ventilation between the slate and insulation. Should it all just be ripped down...

Hi all, Quick Q regarding the flooring for a garage conversion. The garage has a concrete floor, im planning on insulating the floor, walls and roof, however im curious around the requirement for floor joists. i will be laying a DPM down ontop of the concrete, my Q is whether i should just...

Hi Everyone, I've been struggling to find a solution for years to no avail. On our estate, our houses were built in 2000 with cavity walls. As insulation, they used a thin bubble foil type insulation, about 1cm thick) as the cavity insulation pinned to the inner brickwork (something like Airtec...

Can anyone help. Im a novice and trying to put up a stud wall flush up against an uninsulated plastered wall in a garden house and need some clarity if anyone can help. Looking online people seem to say that you need insulation boards that completely fill the void between the battens. so no air...

HI everyone First post so sorry if in the wrong place. I just need to know if this is a reasonable quote for external home insulation I got £10,000 government grant and a company has given me quote of £20,500 for external wall insulation - Total area 186m2 Would it have been cheaper if I did...

Hi All, I am in process of insulating shed and in a dillema how to insulate roof. I have vents in shed on opposite upper sides of the walls and extractor fan as well. It is metal pitched roof with breather membrane attached just under it, with rafters, so I am just thinking to attach under...

https://www.screwfix.com/p/capital-valley-plastics-ltd-damp-proof-membrane-blue-1200ga-15-x-4m/98181# Have a good amount of this membrane left which my builder previously used when laying down concrete. Really heavy duty stuff. I'm fixing insulated plasterboards to a solid wall which already...

I plan to fix insulated plasterboard to this cold solid wall. Everything will be fixed and sealed off using foam adhesive and acrylic sealant on this wall. But along the top I hacked off bonding and loose lime plaster beneath as it was coming out too much causing rest of wall to be unlevel. It...

I am deciding which insulated plasterboard to get for my solid wall insulation so would appreciate input from anyone who have fitted these before. I always assumed PIR was the highest standard offered in terms of thermal insulation boards but turns out there is also phenolic core. Never heard of...

Initially I just wanted the upstairs bedroom exterior (non cavity) solid wall levelled as it's bowed and unlevelled but most people have recommended just insulating. So after giving this a lot of thought and considering options for fitting insulated plasterboard I have decided the best way...

I have just finished levelling and plaster boarding the bedroom ceiling. The loft is above this and was converted to a bedroom many years ago. I fitted Rockwoool loft insulation 100mm in between the ceiling joists before boarding up because the fibreglass insulation that was already there was a...

Hi guys Next week I am insulating my conservatory with superquilt and plasterboard (on the sides) and superquilt and soffits on the roof. The superquilt will have an air gap either side being sandwiched between plasterboard and window, and I was just wondering if it is worth putting anything...

I have a bowed exterior solid wall (non cavity) in upstairs bedroom of my Victorian property. The outside is rendered. I am strongly considering hacking it all back to bare brick and putting on insulated plasterboard. Have found lots of conflicting information while researching online and...

Hi All. I was wondering if anyone could give advice. I'm putting an underfloor heating electric mat into a 1.2M x 1.1M ensuite which I'm retrofitting. I've leveled the concrete floor with Rapid set tile adhesive and will be laying 600 x 600 ceramic tiles. I don't want to put the mat directly...

Morning water droplets on the ceiling and high up window Condensation build up in part of the room I have a flat-concrete roof covered in felt And the walls are brick /plaster so no insulation either way internally is there something I can do internally to the walls and ceiling To keep the...

Hi, I am looking at doing a small makeover for my garage so I can use it as a Home Gym. Thought of boarding the ceiling and insulating it for better thermal performance during winter and avoiding dampness. As you can see in the picture though the joists running across are only 4 and cover...