Hi,
I've just got a new house, a renovation project. It's a bungalow and the main bedroom is in a front protruding section so has 3 external walls. It is cold and the bay window and its ceiling is mouldy and cold.
Since having the asbestos soffits removed I have realised that the bay window ceiling has no insulation, it is just one sheet of plasterboard and that is it. No wonder it was mouldy and cold! The 3 bricks in an angled shape above the side windows were on top of the soffits so are now loose and hence the plaster inside has cracked as this is just single skin.
I plan to bring the ceiling down in the bay section down to the tops of the windows and out to the wall level with timber stud and PIR boards (2 layers), foamed and taped, ensuring there is a 50mm ventilation gap to the roof. I've attached a basic side plan of before and after. Does this make sense? Should I do this or something different?
What should I do about the angled sides? Remortar the brick to make it secure? Replace with timber studding?
Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!
Moose
ps most of the muck on the walls is wallpaper glue, not anything worrysome!
I've just got a new house, a renovation project. It's a bungalow and the main bedroom is in a front protruding section so has 3 external walls. It is cold and the bay window and its ceiling is mouldy and cold.
Since having the asbestos soffits removed I have realised that the bay window ceiling has no insulation, it is just one sheet of plasterboard and that is it. No wonder it was mouldy and cold! The 3 bricks in an angled shape above the side windows were on top of the soffits so are now loose and hence the plaster inside has cracked as this is just single skin.
I plan to bring the ceiling down in the bay section down to the tops of the windows and out to the wall level with timber stud and PIR boards (2 layers), foamed and taped, ensuring there is a 50mm ventilation gap to the roof. I've attached a basic side plan of before and after. Does this make sense? Should I do this or something different?
What should I do about the angled sides? Remortar the brick to make it secure? Replace with timber studding?
Any suggestions would be great. Thanks!
Moose
ps most of the muck on the walls is wallpaper glue, not anything worrysome!