My debut post, so firstly HELLO!
I'm building a 20x10foot warm room (for fish tanks) inside an outbuilding of my home. The unit has a decent kingspan roof and the walls are plasterboarded (the stuff with 20mm of polystyrene) over 9" brickwork (with a dot and dab size 'cavity'). The floor is concrete (with cheapo carpet over it). It's a large room so heating a smaller area makes sense. I will build this room in the corner of the large building to utilise 2 of the existing walls.
I plan to build the two new walls from 3x2 timbers at 600 centres. The walls need to be insulated and this is where I am hoping for some advice. Celotex/Multi-Foil/Frame Therm/Fibre Glass? The outside of the room can be plasterboarded (for aesthetic reasons) and the inside will have plastic cladding - then siliconed down to a lino floor.
Now, this room will be very humid because of the warm water within it, whereas the main room gets pretty cold in the winter. So I'm unsure if I need to leave a cavity in the timer (and against the existing plasterboard walls). Celotex is so expensive that if I can get away with 25mm (also gives me the option to add more later if it's an epic fail) then that would be great.
There also needs to be an insulated roof (at 2300mm approx), but I was thinking about just chucking down loads of loft insulation as have the space and it helps the budget.
Any advice for insulating the walls (both over the existing plasterboard and timber stud walls) and how to build such a 'warm' (and damp) room within a colder environment would be appreciated.
The room will be heated rather than the water directly so needs to hold heat very well, but also remain budget conscious.
Many thanks
I'm building a 20x10foot warm room (for fish tanks) inside an outbuilding of my home. The unit has a decent kingspan roof and the walls are plasterboarded (the stuff with 20mm of polystyrene) over 9" brickwork (with a dot and dab size 'cavity'). The floor is concrete (with cheapo carpet over it). It's a large room so heating a smaller area makes sense. I will build this room in the corner of the large building to utilise 2 of the existing walls.
I plan to build the two new walls from 3x2 timbers at 600 centres. The walls need to be insulated and this is where I am hoping for some advice. Celotex/Multi-Foil/Frame Therm/Fibre Glass? The outside of the room can be plasterboarded (for aesthetic reasons) and the inside will have plastic cladding - then siliconed down to a lino floor.
Now, this room will be very humid because of the warm water within it, whereas the main room gets pretty cold in the winter. So I'm unsure if I need to leave a cavity in the timer (and against the existing plasterboard walls). Celotex is so expensive that if I can get away with 25mm (also gives me the option to add more later if it's an epic fail) then that would be great.
There also needs to be an insulated roof (at 2300mm approx), but I was thinking about just chucking down loads of loft insulation as have the space and it helps the budget.
Any advice for insulating the walls (both over the existing plasterboard and timber stud walls) and how to build such a 'warm' (and damp) room within a colder environment would be appreciated.
The room will be heated rather than the water directly so needs to hold heat very well, but also remain budget conscious.
Many thanks