In uk.d-i-y Andy Hall wrote:
On 2007-10-18 02:00:50 +0100, The Natural Philosopher said:

John Rumm wrote:
Andy Hall wrote:

It can certainly be inproved, not least with new wall plasters believe it or
not. Dry lining can make serious improvements too.

Graham

The improvement is not substantial until one starts putting in a
reasonable thickness of insulation. This can be ameliorated to some
extent with materials such as Kingspan, but still involve issues such
as reduction in room size, how to handle window and door reveals
without making a pig's ear and redecorating etc. This is not trivial
for most people.

and for many would negate the purpose of buying the place in the first
place - i.e. its period features, cornices, mouldings etc. It is very
hard to preserve all these when dry lining the inside of a room.

In such case build a new skin OUTSIDE the house.


I don;t mind people ****ing energy away on living in a museum: I just
object to them not paying through the nose for it ;-)

Sort of like stone cladding, you mean?

A row of Edwardian and Victorian houses with most but not all having a
kind of Celotex stucco. The windows can be removed and replaced
with uPVC DG at the same time.

That'll really improve the 'period character'! :-)

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Chris Green