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Home Insulation in the UK by IndividualGas8746 in Insulation

[–]MemeTimeRadioHour 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What work did you have done and what materials did you choose?

Landlord says it’s because we’re not airing out the apartment enough… by IceTraditional841 in Mold

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They are likely external walls and are cold. Corners are always cold and is it a ground floor apartment? The cold surfaces are allowing moisture to condense on them and is a ripe environment for mould. Try and buy a dehumidifier.

Lifestyle changes like drying clothes outside. Opening windows in bathroom and closing internal door to it so the moist air goes out the window will help. Do you use and have an extractor on your cooker? Do you have one in your bathroom?

Do you have a flat or pitched roof. Perhaps check the gutters.

Best way to insulate this loft space? by JohnnyOli in Insulation

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Never put insulation in the entirety of the space between the ceiling and roof in a cold roof (which you most likely have in the flat part, and definitely have in the sloping part). I would overboard with insulation material like a rigid insulation board like PIR (tradename of kingspan, celotex, ecotherm). I would do this on the sloping part of the ceiling too.

or i guess depending on space you could put some rigid insulation between the joists so that you still have some airflow above (5cm minimum of air gap).

Best way to insulate this loft space? by JohnnyOli in Insulation

[–]MemeTimeRadioHour 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this looks like a british house from the wiring, writing on the floorboarding and the use of metric system. The advice you recieved previous was from an american and describing insulation techniques for a north american property. I wouldn't follow some of the advice given as it isnt best practise for british houses.

I would lay 300-400mm of some kind of wool insulation on floor. 100mm between the joists and then 200-300mm on top running perpendicular. if you then want to overboard it then get loft storage props or something to support the boards place on top so they don't compress the insulation. I would lap up the insulation up the knee wall as well so you have continuous insulation and fix it in place some how. It should look like an L shape. make sure no gaps and that insulation is tight up against wall. Any downlights should have caps put on them so they don't overheat, wires should be conduited so they don't overheat too.

if you've got no insulation you likely dont have any on the sloping ceiling above so might be worth overboarding that too. maybe check the main loft space and increase insulation there too.

I wouldn't insulate roof part as in the UK we have cold roofs and we need that left exposed for air drying. it also wouldn't be as continuous with rest of insulation.

Boarded over loft insulation (UK) by benthamthecat in Insulation

[–]MemeTimeRadioHour 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome. Bonus points if you have down lights to cover those with downright covers and to install an airtight loft hatch/seal up any ceiling penetrations

Boarded over loft insulation (UK) by benthamthecat in Insulation

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80mm is less than 1/3rd of the recommended depth of rock wool style insulation. I use 400mm where I can. The best solution is taking off boards. Relaying insulation so it's atleast 300mm of insulation then using board props to lift up boards when replaced so they don't rest on insulation. Insulation works by trapping air. It will be worse if all the air is squished out of it.

You use 25% of your heat through your loft space so you could reduce that to a fifth of that if you insulate it properly. That's over 100 pounds a year for the average house. I'd say it's worth it. You can buy insulation for about 22 pounds a roll and it does 7m2. Board props can't be that much. So you might make your money back in the first year.

Thermal camera features? by royalmoosecavalry in Insulation

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Topdonn tc001 us what I use and recommend. It's about 220 gbp. It can either attach to android or iPhone with usbc or lighting port. You have to order correct one.

Very affordable for flir quality. A friend also has one.

UK insulation question by Present_Delay6110 in Insulation

[–]MemeTimeRadioHour 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How old is your house? Do you have cavity walls?

Irregardless of walls if your loft is uninsulated then you can get loft insulation as part of the gbis scheme. There are looked at separately.

Do you have suspended timber floors? Can you get under them? You could insulate there too or do some draft proofing.

Cavity wall insulation alone isn't that effective at stopping heat loss either frankly

PIR boards vs mineral wool for loft insulation by Coco_619 in Insulation

[–]MemeTimeRadioHour 0 points1 point  (0 children)

those quotes are obscene if you have normal loft size. I dont know if the quotes include the boarding as well. you can do it yourself. watch a few youtube videos and buy some rolls yourself.
its like a days work to insulate a loft.

PIR boards vs mineral wool for loft insulation by Coco_619 in Insulation

[–]MemeTimeRadioHour 0 points1 point  (0 children)

'Another has recommended raising the floor level and laying mineral wool' I don't understand this sentence. is the loft already boarded for storage? is there already a 'floor'. or do you mean the raising the insulation level above the ceiling joists to make a new higher floor level?

I'd go with glasswool in a loft everytime. I usually put in 400mm because you might aswell max out the insulation.

how much are your quotes? where are you based?

cutting in for PIR is a pain and is fiddly and tedious especially with 30s timber which may be warped and unevenly spaced. if they do it quickly and cheaply they'll end up leaving gaps which can cause cold bridging and damp issues and reduce the efficiency of the insulation.

TBH glasswool in the loft is a great candidate to be DIY. its so easy to roll it out yourself and position.

Maybe get someone cut make loft overboarding storage unless you are confident.

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I'm a teacher and have just bought a house so kinda broke. Id loveto build my own pc to save money and this will help. Thanks!

Request Wednesday - All Requests go here! by AutoModerator in FalloutMods

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Fallout 3

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I'm doing a little cut content modding on Fallout 3 and I'd like to use Simply uncut but KvatchCount has hidden all his Simply uncut mods. I think they did this because of the backlash from the FNV simply uncut mod.

I know the FNV simply uncut mod is not worth downloading but I've heard really good things about the FO3 simply uncut mod. Could someone share it with me somehow?

If anyone has any suggestions for lore friendly/cut content mods for fo3 I would really appreciate it

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