Who here has had experience of external insulation for
houses? Any information about it much appreciated!

Chris Bacon wrote:
Who here has had experience of external insulation for
houses? Any information about it much appreciated!

Quite common in Germany. They use a cementitious plaster with fibres
added. Another system in use in Germany utilises insulated cladding
panels that are fixed to the outside walls.

Chris Bacon wrote:
Who here has had experience of external insulation for
houses? Any information about it much appreciated!

Stone cladding, for that classy look.

Zoinks !

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Stone cladding, for that classy look.

Oh, don't. There's a terrace of three-storey houses near us, one near
the middle has been done top to bottom in cladding - the rest are still
brick. Gawd it looks vile.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:17:01 +0100, Guy King wrote:

Oh, don't. There's a terrace of three-storey houses near us, one near
the middle has been done top to bottom in cladding - the rest are still
brick. Gawd it looks vile.

There was a cracking one in Woking, the owner had applied every single item
of stick on tat from the catalogues. "Stone" cladding made from real
plastic, UPVC windows with a fake wood grain, fibreglass porch, columns,
and a doric portico. Then he'd filled the garden with concrete and plastic
statues.

It had to be seen to be appreciated in all its hideousness.

http://www.epsicon.co.uk/brick_cladding.htm some useful information here

"Steve Firth" fresh in from kicking **** wrote in
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:17:01 +0100, Guy King wrote:

Oh, don't. There's a terrace of three-storey houses near us, one near
the middle has been done top to bottom in cladding - the rest are still
brick. Gawd it looks vile.

There was a cracking one in Woking, the owner had applied every single
item
of stick on tat from the catalogues. "Stone" cladding made from real
plastic, UPVC windows with a fake wood grain, fibreglass porch, columns,
and a doric portico. Then he'd filled the garden with concrete and plastic
statues.

It had to be seen to be appreciated in all its hideousness.

****kicker, I agree. Was it Lord Hall's house?

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Chris Bacon wrote:
Who here has had experience of external insulation for
houses? Any information about it much appreciated!

Quite common in Germany. They use a cementitious plaster with fibres
added. Another system in use in Germany utilises insulated cladding
panels that are fixed to the outside walls.

I once saw a makeover of a house. The house was in a great location, but
downright ugly and neglected. The owner bought it cheap. He cavity filled,
external cladding and USA style of Spruce cladding. Wooden triple glazed
low "e" windows, over 12" of loft insulation. He even dug around the
perimeter (he did extensive landscaping as well) and inserted foam
insulation against the foundation walls and back filled. A new highly
insulated front door with no letter box, with a nice smart porch too. I
believe his heating bills were very low too. I think he also filled in the
floor from wooden to solid inserting insulation under the concrete, as per a
modern house. He even had a number of solar panels on the roof.

The roof was stripped of the old tiles and the eves extended to give large
overhangs giving a classy Continental look. The place looked fantastic. It
cost him around £30,000 in all and that was also including a new kitchen and
bathrooms with new en-suite added. It added about £150-200,000 to the
price.

It was the sort of house that turned heads. The secret was the roof,
extending and giving large overhangs.

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from Steve Firth contains these words:

It had to be seen to be appreciated in all its hideousness.

Did it all light up at Christmas?

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:43:56 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Steve Firth" fresh in from kicking **** wrote in
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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:17:01 +0100, Guy King wrote:

Oh, don't. There's a terrace of three-storey houses near us, one near
the middle has been done top to bottom in cladding - the rest are still
brick. Gawd it looks vile.

There was a cracking one in Woking, the owner had applied every single
item
of stick on tat from the catalogues. "Stone" cladding made from real
plastic, UPVC windows with a fake wood grain, fibreglass porch, columns,
and a doric portico. Then he'd filled the garden with concrete and plastic
statues.

It had to be seen to be appreciated in all its hideousness.

****kicker, I agree.

But it was your house.

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 23:05:26 +0100, Guy King wrote:

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from Steve Firth contains these words:

It had to be seen to be appreciated in all its hideousness.

Did it all light up at Christmas?

It did.

It once featured in "Traditional Homes" - in the section reserved for
hideous alterations to houses, it was after all a good Victorian villa
under the tat. IIRC it was on Monument Road, I used to pass it on my way to
my place of work on Albert Drive.

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On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:43:56 +0100, Doctor Drivel wrote:

"Steve Firth" fresh in from kicking **** wrote in
message ...
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:17:01 +0100, Guy King wrote:

Oh, don't. There's a terrace of three-storey houses near us, one near
the middle has been done top to bottom in cladding - the rest are still
brick. Gawd it looks vile.

There was a cracking one in Woking, the owner had applied every single
item
of stick on tat from the catalogues. "Stone" cladding made from real
plastic, UPVC windows with a fake wood grain, fibreglass porch, columns,
and a doric portico. Then he'd filled the garden with concrete and
plastic
statues.

It had to be seen to be appreciated in all its hideousness.

****kicker, I agree.

But it was your house.

Such wit.

Steve Firth wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:17:01 +0100, Guy King wrote:

Oh, don't. There's a terrace of three-storey houses near us, one near
the middle has been done top to bottom in cladding - the rest are still
brick. Gawd it looks vile.

There was a cracking one in Woking, the owner had applied every single item
of stick on tat from the catalogues. "Stone" cladding made from real
plastic, UPVC windows with a fake wood grain, fibreglass porch, columns,
and a doric portico. Then he'd filled the garden with concrete and plastic
statues.

It had to be seen to be appreciated in all its hideousness.

I think you have fond 'Chez Drivel'

:-)

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Steve Firth wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:17:01 +0100, Guy King wrote:

Oh, don't. There's a terrace of three-storey houses near us, one near
the middle has been done top to bottom in cladding - the rest are still
brick. Gawd it looks vile.

There was a cracking one in Woking, the owner had applied every single
item
of stick on tat from the catalogues. "Stone" cladding made from real
plastic, UPVC windows with a fake wood grain, fibreglass porch, columns,
and a doric portico. Then he'd filled the garden with concrete and
plastic
statues.

It had to be seen to be appreciated in all its hideousness.

I think you have fond 'Chez Drivel'

It the snotty uni's pad. He says words like "groovy".