Hi all,
Im going to batten out my external wall and fit Kingspan K18 to insulate the external wall. However the wall is 3.7m long by 2.5 high. 10cm bigger than a 2.4x1.2 board vertical or two boards horizontal across the battens.
Now the manufactuerers recommend leaving a small gap at the bottom of the board when fitting, but a 10cm gap is a bit excessive, so I am probably going to have to cut some small strips about 8cm tall and fill in the shortfall, but im not sure if there is a good practice or best place to do this. I presume I board the wall with the panels horizontal, so do i stick the 8cm tall bit at the top of the two boards, at the bottom or in the middle or once its plastered does it really not make much difference?
silly question i know, but if im gonna do it, I want to do it right
thanks
Paul
Im going to batten out my external wall and fit Kingspan K18 to insulate the external wall. However the wall is 3.7m long by 2.5 high. 10cm bigger than a 2.4x1.2 board vertical or two boards horizontal across the battens.
Now the manufactuerers recommend leaving a small gap at the bottom of the board when fitting, but a 10cm gap is a bit excessive, so I am probably going to have to cut some small strips about 8cm tall and fill in the shortfall, but im not sure if there is a good practice or best place to do this. I presume I board the wall with the panels horizontal, so do i stick the 8cm tall bit at the top of the two boards, at the bottom or in the middle or once its plastered does it really not make much difference?
silly question i know, but if im gonna do it, I want to do it right
thanks
Paul