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Thank you woody Def helps me out a lot in being able to show any potential builders. The membrane I think is what I was seeing. Didn’t see a Vapoue check but they never cut back the whole plasterboarded area just a 6 inch section at the cavity so never got to see that far around. I really...

Such a shame it doesn’t look too bad on the outside.. this is the kitchen one. Lounge ones the same.

The vapour membrane was between the tf and the pir but it didn’t come out over the edge of the frame. Want to get this right in my head before employing someone else to do this right so I appreciate all the comments. Think I need to start trying to find a builder locally who understands...

Thank you. That is what it looks like inside ours and they did do a vertical dpm between the insulation and the masonry. I’m worried the pir will sweat and rot the timber frame? The pir only went down to an inch above the skirting board so expect we’re going to get cold bridging there.

It’s just so wrong. Fensa will certify it meets regs because he says it does when how can it?? I’m petrified that the cellotex is gonna sweat against our timber frame and start to rot it. The whole reason we got them in was to fix cold bridging and now we have a far colder areas around both...

Yep there is no insulation down there at all. We asked him to remove it and do a cavity closer but he tried and couldn’t do it so said this was our only option. Concerns are cold getting in Heat getting out Timber frame getting wet

The doors are further back now that they were. They had to angle grind out our concrete floor base and cut back our carpet. Doors on before these were flush to the outside. They did put some dpc over this but. Thing else until they drilled the plasterboard into the timber frame and plastered...

Is it another builder I need to redo this and what do I ask for to ensure it’s done right? I asked have you worked on timber frames? Are you fensa registered?

He runs the company he’s almost retired in his 70s and been in business since his 20s. It’s a complete mess and he’s insistent it’s correct. It’s freezing in here and I’m scared the insulation is going to sweat and rot the timber frame.

Would cavity closers be able to be retrofitted with the insulation removed to solve that or is there anything else we can consider? Going to have to lose the £4k for this and try to start again but really don’t want to have to buy new doors again. I don’t trust that I know how to find a decent...

Look at how non closed or even close to sealed this mess is but yet it’s “how it’s done and you won’t have any issues with it” Why did I believe that someone with 40 years experience of the being a builder would mean they would know what they were doing!!?

Thanks the whole thing has none of that..

It’s so confusing. Is that the same as a cavity closer? He apparently nailed some dpc to the open cavity but only over the open bit. Most things I’m reading say it has to be insulated with foam or something but with a timer frame cavity does that not need to stay empty? The cellotex could sweat...

We have a timber frame house with brick skin. Our French doors were getting damp on the plastered reveals we believe to be cold bridging as the doors are in the outer skin. We hired a builder to put in new doors and open up the reveal to insulate and help against cold bridging. We have been...

Hi. We have a timber frame house that is brick skin on the bottom half and block and cladding on the top half. The windows are all set back in a recess assuming within the timber frame or the cavity. We have 2 sets of French doors, one in the kitchen and one in the lounge and both are getting...