Recent content by delurk79

Hi all, But by bit I'm trying to become more familiar with my house and its build especially in relation to insulation, heat retention etc. The house is built with cavity blocks, plastered on the outside, and on the inside some timber nailed to those and then insulation-backed plasterboard...

I didn't receive any replies to the above, but if anyone could at least point me in the right direction for this part I'd really appreciate it (mainly in terms of the cavity around the roof structure of that window and possible draughts): Thanks

Hi, I'm trying to locate draughts (drafts?) in my timber frame house and I don't expect to find everything, just any faults or things that could be fixed in DIY jobs where possible. I know this is a never ending task for some houses so I'm just looking for big wins (autocorrect says big wind!)...

The house is plastered (plaster covers blocks, no bricks). Do perpend vents still apply then? I don't see any. Thanks

Thanks - so the idea is that air can/should get into that cavity but any hole put into the internal envelope (kingspan backed plasterboard) should not if possible allow that air inside? So the failure would be anywhere that air gets in (badly installed things such as plasterboard not going all...

Hi, I live in a timber frame house, it's approx 13 years old. In general it is warm but over the years I've noticed some draughts at times, in places such as when I have changed a socket on an external wall or from the sides of the (unused) gas fire. I can hold a feather near the sides of the...