stumbling goat
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Insulating the outside of a single brick skin buildingHoping that someone can give me some suggestions please?
I have a single brick skin building that I wish to make better insulated against the cold. Currently it is timber clad. It has rounded ends.
Once I have stripped off the timber cladding I am hoping to find a way to insulate it with at least 2"/50mm celotex or similar, more if I can and then reclad it in timber, or coloured UPVc cladding. I also have to work out a way of accommodating the inward opening door. That may be got around with a steel frame fixed to the existing brick door surround?
Is there some art of aluminium fixing that I can use to fix to the single brick skin that will then take an anchor for the new cladding? Or will I have to think again and maybe insulate the inside? That would be easier but I would lose valuable space from an already small room.
sg
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Nature'sgrafter
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something like this http://www.jewson.co.uk/building-materials/thermal-insulation/multi-foils-insulation/products/IYSQ1410/ybs-superquilt-multi-layered-foil-insulation-10-x-15m/
is what you need stapled onto existing timber frame add thin batten on top to fix your cladding onto job done.
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Ty Gwyn
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The one question i would ask before you spend is,
Has it got a damp course,wall and floor.?
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onemanband
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Silly questions ? ........
Will your roof overhang allow for extra 2 inches ?
Why do you need to move door ?
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stumbling goat
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Not silly questions at all OMB.
The roof issue is not a problem. It is all under a huge canopy.
The DPM is an issue but as I can not control that or affect it I have to accept that it may be compromised. That said, I shall leave it off the ground by 100mm, so the brisk skin is on footings, but the outer covering will be floating by 100mm ish.
sg
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onemanband
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If you've got plenty roof overhang, what about building a seperate outer leaf instead of using batons?
2 courses of brick, then dpc, then 4X2 sole plate, then stud wall and cladding.
It's cladding not a load bearing wall so footings for brickwork can be minimal.
Provide lateral restraint to stud wall with metal straps and/or fit 4X2 head plate to canopy.
I don't deal with timber cavity walls so can't comment on vapour barriers and insulation methods.
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boisdevie1
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If you've got plenty roof overhang, what about building a seperate outer leaf instead of using batons?
2 courses of brick, then dpc, then 4X2 sole plate, then stud wall and cladding.
It's cladding not a load bearing wall so footings for brickwork can be minimal.
Provide lateral restraint to stud wall with metal straps and/or fit 4X2 head plate to canopy.
I don't deal with timber cavity walls so can't comment on vapour barriers and insulation methods. |