Making holes in sleeper walls to let you crawl through them.

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I have a 1940s ex council end terrace house.

Its epic and I love it!

However its a bit cold... there is a bit of a draft coming through the bathroom floor under the bath and coming up through the laminate floor. I was thinking that this would be easy enough to sort by squeezing under the floor into the crawl space, about 2 to 3 foot hight, maybe more, and then hanging insulation between the floor joists on netting to trap a bit of heat and block the drafts. A few houses I have stayed in before have had this and it seems to work well.

This is where the problem is, I can only get under the floor in one location, under the stairs, everywhere else is laminate or tiled. This wouldnt be a big issue but there are no holes in the sleeper walls big enough for me to squeeze through. Every house I have had previously have had holes in the sleeper walls to crawl through. They have all looked like they have been bashed in by someone in the past.

Can I safely make holes in these sleeper walls to squeeze through? Is there a best place to do it? Near the middle? Under a door? Between two doors? do I knock away from the top or bottom of the wall?

Thanks!

David.
 
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