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    How to improve thermal efficiency of one room?

    Off topic, not worth a reply
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    Carpet to wood stairs

    You really need to get access to the back of the stairs to glue and screw bead to joints, you really should not have the underside of the stairs inaccessible, they might have dry rot in the stair treads for all you know which is making them squeak.. You will need to put a fire retardent...
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    How to improve thermal efficiency of one room?

    No no, fires don't start on the stairs. It's your escape route...NEVER compromise it. Look at Grenville
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    How to improve thermal efficiency of one room?

    To continue this thread. If you don't intend to stay in the house at least 10 years, do as a previous respondent said, get a double rad and put a thermostatic valve on, but this does mean you need the heating on all the time. As long as you have TRV's on all the other rads it doesn't raise a...
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    How to improve thermal efficiency of one room?

    We had exactly the same problem with a corner bedroom and a bathroom with solid brick wall. We insulated the walls with thermaline "Gyproc ThermaLine PIR Gypsum plasterboard with integral vapour control layers for an advanced level of thermal insulation. 12.5mm Gyproc WallBoard bonded to CFC...
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