We live in a 1930s style house with bay-fronted windows. The downstairs lounge bay area (9 inch thick solid wall) and upstairs bedroom bay area (6 inch thick solid wall) are rather cold.
I was considering putting some Warmaline insulating polystyrene paper in the bay area of these rooms and then getting angled radiators installed.
Is it really necessary to remove the wallpaper already on the walls prior to erecting the Warmaline, or could I just stick it to the already papered walls and paint over it? The lounge has woodchip paper and the bedroom has ordinary patterned paper. Both wallpapers are quite solid with no peeling or lifting, and neither bay wall is damp, just cold. We've only been in the house a year, and the previous owners hadn't decorated either room for at least 10 years.
Given that I intend to cover the bay walls with a radiator, I'm not so worried about the aesthetics of it (we'll be decorating anyway), but was wondering whether to do this first prior to the rads being fitted to try and stop the heat from the rads seeping through the bay walls.
If anyone has any comments/alternative advice I'd be grateful. I have noted some comments about condensation with warmaline before - could I end up with a problem after the rads are fitted?
Sorry for the long post! Thanks for your help.
JB
I was considering putting some Warmaline insulating polystyrene paper in the bay area of these rooms and then getting angled radiators installed.
Is it really necessary to remove the wallpaper already on the walls prior to erecting the Warmaline, or could I just stick it to the already papered walls and paint over it? The lounge has woodchip paper and the bedroom has ordinary patterned paper. Both wallpapers are quite solid with no peeling or lifting, and neither bay wall is damp, just cold. We've only been in the house a year, and the previous owners hadn't decorated either room for at least 10 years.
Given that I intend to cover the bay walls with a radiator, I'm not so worried about the aesthetics of it (we'll be decorating anyway), but was wondering whether to do this first prior to the rads being fitted to try and stop the heat from the rads seeping through the bay walls.
If anyone has any comments/alternative advice I'd be grateful. I have noted some comments about condensation with warmaline before - could I end up with a problem after the rads are fitted?
Sorry for the long post! Thanks for your help.
JB