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If you can find a builder who will do it, and who will do it right, thats the best option. Charley

Abarnes i reckon youre spot on, it sounds like a root cellar, used for keeping veg during the winter. Dont fill it in for gods sake! It should keep a pretty constant 12 ish degrees all year round which makes it perfect as a wine cellar. Also good for keeping the christmas turkey etc etc

Hi I think 'all the ceilings in the property' may be a bit steep, but not a bad idea to do it in the rooms that are going to be full of dust anyway. I mean if the artex is falling off, you never know whats going to come down next, right? Charley

Hello mr benn. Im afraid i cant comment on the poducts you are considering as im not familiar with them, but i can see a downside. The damp will come out somewhere. If you trap it in the wall all the way to the cieling, it will eventually come out in the cieling instead. Can you explain what...

Of course we Swedish builders make far fewer holes in our vcls than our british counterparts! ;) what i was getting at though is the actual material the vcl is made of, is it totaly moisture resistant? Ie in an ideal world the vcl should let no moisture at all pass in either direction.....true...

Thanks Aron. So the vcl is not a total moisture barrier? Here we use plastic sheeting which is obviously totaly moisture proof. Maybe because there are stricter rules about ventilation. Am i right in thinking that the only requirement of building regs re ventilation is that you have ventialtion...

Hi Aron, Would the foil on foil faced insulation not act as a vcl in itself? If you have a vcl on the warm side of the wall and foil facings on the outside, you effectively have 2 vcls which i have learnt is a big no no as moisture will get trapped between them.or have i misunderstood the...

Why are you putting osb between the insulation and the cladding?

As others have said, it very much depends what you plan to use it for. The best thing would be to make it adjustable if you can.