Insulate wall
Richard Cole wrote:
I want to add some insulation to a bare breeze block garage wall, that backs onto our living room (integral garage). The walls about 10' x 20' What's the cheapest and easiest way to do this? Would sticking expanded polystyrene panels (say like 2" thick loft insulation panels) straight to the BB work? If so any glue recommendations? Gluing fibreglass is a waste of time and glue, and quite possibly fibreglass. As no-one's going to see the end wall (apart from myself & SWBMO) I don't think I need insulated plaster board or anything fancy, so any other recommendations? It needs to be something simple as I can mess up the simplest task. you need to consider 3 things: 1) Price - How much do you want to spend? V How much are you going to save? I estimate that your savings will be minimal and so your outlay should match this. 2) Bearing in mind that it's a garage, you need to think about fire safety....even more timber and / or polystyrene is never a good thing where petrol / oil / diesel / paint etc are around. 4) if the insulation gets wet, what measures are in place to stop the damp penetrating the internal walls? With these in mind my reccomendation is for the following: Affix a sheet of polythene to the wall, up to a height of around 4ft along it's entire length. Over this and across the entire wall affix timber studding (3X2 laid flat), affix at centres which match the board sizes you are going to use (so that two plasterboards meet on a timber) Insert rockwool or fibreglass batts (they are the same as loft insulation but more compressed and have a higher U value) they are also easier for cutting and for fixing into place. Plasterboard over the entire wall, you can fill any large gaps with normal plaster or jointing compound, this is only to protect any timbers showing through from possible fire etc. Any water penetrating upwards (from a spillage, leaky roof etc) can't transfer moisture to the wall because of the membrane...water won't rise above 3ft. The wall is 'sealed' from any sources of fire (plasterboard is a good fire proofing) and the fibreglass/rockwool will never melt and give off toxic fumes if something does ever happen. |
Insulate wall
Phil L wrote:
The wall is 'sealed' from any sources of fire (plasterboard is a good fire proofing) and the fibreglass/rockwool will never melt and give off toxic fumes if something does ever happen. Is there some confusion here? Rockwool and fibreglass can actually be used for fire protection. The stuff's inert, and can't give off toxic fumes. Are you thinking of expanded polystyrene? |
Insulate wall
Chris Bacon wrote:
Phil L wrote: The wall is 'sealed' from any sources of fire (plasterboard is a good fire proofing) and the fibreglass/rockwool will never melt and give off toxic fumes if something does ever happen. Is there some confusion here? Rockwool and fibreglass can actually be used for fire protection. The stuff's inert, and can't give off toxic fumes. Are you thinking of expanded polystyrene? No, if you read it again you will see that I've written 'it will never melt and give off toxic fumes' It was a 'warning' against using polystyrene. HTH |
Insulate wall
Richard Cole wrote:
I was trying to avoid using any timber as no matter how many times I measure, it's still wrong when I cut. Then just stick up your polystyrene sheets with non-solvent glue. Squeeze some decoraters caulk into the cracks to seal it (use a cartridge in a frame gun), and when it's dry paint the lot with whatever colour takes your fancy emulsion. |
Insulate wall
Then just stick up your polystyrene sheets with non-solvent
glue. Squeeze some decoraters caulk into the cracks to seal it (use a cartridge in a frame gun), and when it's dry paint the lot with whatever colour takes your fancy emulsion. Thanks. That I can probably manage. However, plastic insulation should be plasterboarded over, or it is bad for fire safety. Christian. |
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