On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 22:00:03 +0100, "RW" wrote:


"Anna Kettle" wrote in message
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On Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:31:43 +0100, "RW" wrote:

Ok, since checking our "Carbon Footprint" and realising I'm chucking away
sh*tloads of £££s in lost heat costs because of draughts in our 1896
semi-detached solid wall cottage I reckon the only way left to insulate
(Given that it's already DGd and has 200mm of loft insulation) is to stop
the draught under the wooden floors downstairs.

So,
Who's done what and what has it cost with a ball-park pay-back period....

Let the thread commence...................


In my last house (built 1895) I took up the floor boards, laid
fibreglass insulation across the joists and relaid the floors. It was
cheap to do and blocked draughts effectively. It was very disruptive
but the ideal opportunity to clear out masses of builders rubble, open
up blocked air bricks, replace joists which had succumbed to dry rot
and run cables through the void


Hi Anna,

Did you actually lay the insulation across the joists and then nail the
boards through it or was it between them ?

Across and screw through so there was good airflow under the
insulation. I didnt want the rot to reoccur

Anna



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