Kitchen wall insulation

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Ryan10987

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Hi just looking for some advice I plan on doing a kitchen refurb in my old terrace house, the kitchen is very cold in the winter so I plan on insulating it when carrying out the refurb.

I am going to plant battens on the wall and then use Celotex for insulation, plant osb on top for fixing the cabinets to, plasterboard and then skin.

would it be better to cut the insulation to fit between the battens or can I just place full boards on to the battens the osb straight onto?

thanks in advance
 
Cut it to fit between, then either use insulated plasterboard or screw 25mm celotex if you can afford to lose the space to the face of the battens and fix your OSB then plasterboard over the top. Run cables and pipes in the voids between the battens while you have the opportunity, and expanding foam any gaps.
 
Thanks for your reply, It’s only a small kitchen so not sure if I can afford to loose the extra 25mm so might just put the Celotex between the battens. The layout of the kitchen is staying the same so I shouldn’t need any extra pipes or any existing moving, one problem I have thought my come up is If the cables for the electrics will allow for the extra depth wall. I guess I won’t know until I get into doing it.
 
Ryan10987 said:
one problem I have thought my come up is If the cables for the electrics will allow for the extra depth wall. I guess I won’t know until I get into doing it.
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I'm shure your electrician can easily deal with that that with the correct crimps and extensions.
 
I prefer ply too OSB to go under the plasterboard - personal preference.

Battens with Celotex between followed by ply which itself add some insulation, then plasterboard, should improve the heat retention significantly. Adding an extra Celotex layer was mentioned, which you say you cannot affford to do (for space), so at least go for the deepest battens and insulation you can allow.
 
I’ll have a look what the max battens I can use are. Apart from this method and studding the wall out are there any other methods?
 
Ryan10987 said:
I’ll have a look what the max battens I can use are. Apart from this method and studding the wall out are there any other methods?
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If you want to hang heavy cupboards and shelves, you need to be able to get good fixings. So fixing battens to the original wall and then ply will give you that
 
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