Hi I'm renovating a terraced house which with the way it's built the downstairs is basically detached and all four walls aren't joining another house (only upstairs joins another house).
The entire house needs plastering so I thought while I was at it, it would be best to insulate the living room before plastering as it gets pretty cold in there.
Ideally I would like the simplest method, attach insulated plasterboard to the walls and skim over, however from reading up it doesn't seem that straight forward, there needs to be a vapour barrier on the internal side, and if using foil backed plasterboard it cant really be dot and dabbed.
What's the best way to do this please?
I know another way to do it is to build a timber frame, but I have a few questions about this method:
Can I use a wool type of insulation in the middle, then a vapour barrier over the top then normal plasterboard? If so what about cutting into the vapour barrier for plug sockets etc?
I know I can use kingspan in the middle of the timber, but I guessed wool insulation will be cheaper!
Thanks
The entire house needs plastering so I thought while I was at it, it would be best to insulate the living room before plastering as it gets pretty cold in there.
Ideally I would like the simplest method, attach insulated plasterboard to the walls and skim over, however from reading up it doesn't seem that straight forward, there needs to be a vapour barrier on the internal side, and if using foil backed plasterboard it cant really be dot and dabbed.
What's the best way to do this please?
I know another way to do it is to build a timber frame, but I have a few questions about this method:
Can I use a wool type of insulation in the middle, then a vapour barrier over the top then normal plasterboard? If so what about cutting into the vapour barrier for plug sockets etc?
I know I can use kingspan in the middle of the timber, but I guessed wool insulation will be cheaper!
Thanks