Evening all, looking for a bit of advice on an up and coming project. Our house is a town house with a with a car port under the living room. The front panel of the house on the ground floor is single skin wooden and doesnt do a great deal of good keeping the heat in.
The plan is to vapour proof the panel on the outside then insulate it and sheath with wbp ply.
However it seems a shame to go to all that work and not deal with the floor level while im there. Ive got abasic understanding of how foundation insulation works but i need some pointer on this so the basic plan goes like this...
Dig 2-3ft trench (is this deep enough to cause issues with proper backfill etc?) clean off the foundation and bond insulation to it. Cover/wrap insulation with ??? to keep it dry and backfill the trench.
I dont want to have to render the lower section of the wall so i think id sheath the same as the rest with a damp proof joint between the upper and lower panels.
Does that sound like a good or bad idea? any pointers on insulation type for below ground and trench depth without getting into serious construction work?
Thanks in advance,
Harry
The plan is to vapour proof the panel on the outside then insulate it and sheath with wbp ply.
However it seems a shame to go to all that work and not deal with the floor level while im there. Ive got abasic understanding of how foundation insulation works but i need some pointer on this so the basic plan goes like this...
Dig 2-3ft trench (is this deep enough to cause issues with proper backfill etc?) clean off the foundation and bond insulation to it. Cover/wrap insulation with ??? to keep it dry and backfill the trench.
I dont want to have to render the lower section of the wall so i think id sheath the same as the rest with a damp proof joint between the upper and lower panels.
Does that sound like a good or bad idea? any pointers on insulation type for below ground and trench depth without getting into serious construction work?
Thanks in advance,
Harry
