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    How should I rebuild and insulate these window reveals? DPC/cavity exposed

    I don’t think I’ll use plaster, I’ve never tried myself and don’t really feel confident? I was hoping a filler would be enough to get a decent finish - I’ve tried toupret in the past and was brilliant, was thinking about easifill because I have a couple of bags left from a previous job
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    How should I rebuild and insulate these window reveals? DPC/cavity exposed

    Thank you all for the advice - in the end I got some PU soudal foam and a foam gun and it was very easy to put it all together in place; Use some low expanding foam and polystyrene to fill the big gaps in the corner before gluing the boards to the reveals. Now I need to make the wall good - the...
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    How should I rebuild and insulate these window reveals? DPC/cavity exposed

    thanks, I'm getting confused because I was looking at their specs for using them on a window reveal and they mention using a tile adhesive: https://www.marmox.co.uk/file-uploads/Multiboard_internal_wall_tiling_window_reveals.pdf Even though my exposed walls have quite a lot of leftover plaster...
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    How should I rebuild and insulate these window reveals? DPC/cavity exposed

    Can I use foam to fix a board like Marmox multiboard to the exposed brickwork and metal lintel?
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    How should I rebuild and insulate these window reveals? DPC/cavity exposed

    I've watched that video and a couple more - but I still have the same concern as some other people commenting in the video in regards of thermal bridging; in that video there is no cavity closure, so cold air will hit that plasterboard eventually making condensation more likely? It also doesn't...
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    How should I rebuild and insulate these window reveals? DPC/cavity exposed

    Thanks, a bit sad that I might have done all this work for nothing o_O We use a dehumidifier upstairs, plus open windows for ventilation, don't dry wash inside, etc - the problem is that only (or mostly) windows on the east side are affected, the other 2 on the west side don't have this issue...
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    How should I rebuild and insulate these window reveals? DPC/cavity exposed

    Hi all, I’d appreciate some practical advice before I start rebuilding these upstairs bedroom window reveals (and I completely lose my sanity) The house was built in the late 1980s and appears to have cavity walls with an aggregate concrete-block inner leaf. The window is uPVC. The original...
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