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| Thread ID: 100205 | 2009-05-30 04:04:00 | Pink Bats | Nomad (952) | PC World Chat |
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| 778318 | 2009-05-30 04:04:00 | Hi, as a person who has lived in older houses all my life, is there justification of installation inside walls? I mean stripping walls down and redoing won't be cheap, maybe paying more power bills is better? Your thoughts? I imagine some of you guys may have renovated . Cheers . |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 778319 | 2009-05-30 04:28:00 | I wondered about this some years ago when our bedroom with a cold dampish south wall, needed redecorating. What I eventually did, when the wallpaper was stripped off, was to cut 3 inch holes using a hole saw, through the wall boarding, in the top corner of each rectangluar space formed by the studs and dwangs. I bought big bags of polystyrene beads from ParaRubber (long since gone in our area), and poured them in each hole to fill the spaces. The circular wallboard pieces from the holes were plastered back flush with wall board. This made a huge difference to the temperature of that wall, and there was never any mold again. |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 778320 | 2009-05-30 05:30:00 | Yep so far as I know, drill appropriate hole in wall, inject insul-fluff into cavity until full repeat until wall finished. | zqwerty (97) | ||
| 778321 | 2009-05-30 06:36:00 | It will make a huge difference take a drive to a house being built near you walk into it once the windows are in and the walls are lined you will feel the difference. I am an ex builder and the diff between a new house and an old house is amazing heat wise even without a heat source so insulating really is worth the effort | gary67 (56) | ||
| 778322 | 2009-05-30 06:49:00 | I prefer a cool house.:rolleyes: | Metla (12) | ||
| 778323 | 2009-05-30 07:00:00 | It is not my place .. the folks. I would think that the avg house may cost $30k to insulate? We may consider a heat pump for the main room tho. | Nomad (952) | ||
| 778324 | 2009-05-30 07:34:00 | I wondered about this some years ago when our bedroom with a cold dampish south wall, needed redecorating. What I eventually did, when the wallpaper was stripped off, was to cut 3 inch holes using a hole saw, through the wall boarding, in the top corner of each rectangluar space formed by the studs and dwangs. I bought big bags of polystyrene beads from ParaRubber (long since gone in our area), and poured them in each hole to fill the spaces. The circular wallboard pieces from the holes were plastered back flush with wall board. This made a huge difference to the temperature of that wall, and there was never any mold again. Only problem with polystyrene beads is the fact they they would be an accelerant if you were ever unlucky enough to have your house catch fire... A chippie mate of mine reckons the Green Stuff stuff is better than Batts - holds it's loft better over time. I know the Batts in our ceiling are a lot flatter than they would have been when first installed... Plus the Green Stuff means that the installer doesn't have to wear protective clothing when installing - no glass fibres floating around... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 778325 | 2009-05-30 08:10:00 | It is not my place .. the folks. I would think that the avg house may cost $30k to insulate? We may consider a heat pump for the main room tho. $30k seems a bit much..... it depends on size of house, but I would expect $10k to be about right for a 3 bedroom. |
robsonde (120) | ||
| 778326 | 2009-05-30 08:24:00 | $30k seems a bit much..... it depends on size of house, but I would expect $10k to be about right for a 3 bedroom. Ok. I thought the walls needed to be ripped out for a proper job. Ie., to put batts throughout the whole house. Obviously would need to get a professional to do it. It is 2 floors in total, 4 bedroom, 1 is master. Dunno on size but the lounge is 5m x 4m and the height is around 3m high. |
Nomad (952) | ||
| 778327 | 2009-05-30 08:30:00 | Ok. I thought the walls needed to be ripped out for a proper job. Ie., to put batts throughout the whole house. Obviously would need to get a professional to do it. It is 2 floors in total, 4 bedroom, 1 is master. Dunno on size but the lounge is 5m x 4m and the height is around 3m high. you will get good results by only doing outside walls and ceiling space. if you can DIY then you can save about 30% |
robsonde (120) | ||
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