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What’s the benefit of keeping it in this case? We’d like to insulate the whole wall and don’t mind putting up new vapour barrier. We know where the water is coming from, it’s a broken drain outside. But still it’s an external corner room so we want to insulate the external walls.

Thanks John, this is the ground floor which is a little strange, why would they use this instead of a damp vapour membrane? The wall paper was at least 10 years old. If I was to remove it and add a damp vapour barrier below the insulation would this be sufficient?

Thanks, the material is malleable though and breaks off when bent to much. I think the metal band is just keeping its shape, if it’s not metal then would it still need to be left in situ? It’s a really cold room and I want to insulate&board

I’m renmovating an old house and stumbled across something which has had recent plaster attached to it. I want to strip the wall to add insulation, is this something I should worry about or is it old damp proofing?

Given the damp issue is fixed suitably, what approach would you take for external walls in the UK?

Thanks John, I was planning on fixing the damp. The question was more around what to put on the walls after the damps fixed due to current plaster conditions

Hi guys would like some opinions on where to go next. So firstly this is a semi detached room which seems to have both penetrating damp and condensation under the bay window. My question is firstly, should I go back to the brick layer to put in some insulation and drywall. Or once the...