Draught behind kitchen units?!

dannymccann

Ive draughtproofed the rest of my house, its just the kitchen now. Thing is, the draught is coming in from behind the kitchen units The kitchen is on the back of an old terraced house so stands by itself, single skin walls. Where does the draught come in from? There are no holes in the walls and have sealed around waste pipes. Question is, how do I go about finding where its coming from? I cant access the roof area but I know there is little or no insulation up there, being in a rented place I cant really go about pulling ceilings down to fit insulation....

ic

Its probably a gas pipe or water pipe coming up from under the floor. I've only just noticed I have the same problem after finally putting the plinths in place on my new kitchen. There's a draught from the gap that's needed for the dishwasher door. Strange thing is I actually sealed all gaps around the edge of the concrete floor with foam filler before fitting the kitchen...

Umski

I have a similar problem behind the sink but it would appear that there is no skirting board so it's coming through the gap between wall and floor. As a stopgap measure I stuffed a load of loft insulation under the units As ic says, expanding foam filler is your friend if you can locate the draft - should be easier in cold weather

Ice_2

dannymccann wrote: »

Ive draughtproofed the rest of my house, its just the kitchen now. Thing is, the draught is coming in from behind the kitchen units The kitchen is on the back of an old terraced house so stands by itself, single skin walls. Where does the draught come in from? There are no holes in the walls and have sealed around waste pipes. Question is, how do I go about finding where its coming from? I cant access the roof area but I know there is little or no insulation up there, being in a rented place I cant really go about pulling ceilings down to fit insulation....

I have to same problem, around the tap under the sink, so can't use foam as its the stop/cap, for the water supply, so I have used a piece of foam, you can get it at Boyes, or any fabric type shop.
hths
Ice.

dannymccann

Ive shoved all manner of loft insulation behind the cupboards, but its still coming in from somewhere. I was thinking of getting some expanding foam, however I would want to make sure the LL doesnt find out lol.....

Ice_2

dannymccann wrote: »

Ive shoved all manner of loft insulation behind the cupboards, but its still coming in from somewhere. I was thinking of getting some expanding foam, however I would want to make sure the LL doesnt find out lol.....

having a draft can be a real pain,
and its not funny when you do have one,
there is no fun being cold.
the foam is good cos you can cut it away so that your LL can't see it, I would try that, also if I look inside my cupboards I can see the lip at the back what I did was shove carrier bags down this to pack it, then once it was packed I foamed the area then cut away any access this then is easy to cover but is still away from LL's eye's, I have just applied for a warm front grant so I will ask the guy that come's what he thinks and will get back to you,

Mazio_2

Several things to think about behind cupboards especially with taps is if it ever leaks the insulation will soak it up and could take along time to see the leak and then dry out. I have used shopping carrier bags in some places they dont rot or soak up water but they stopped the draughts also easily removed if I need to get to a pipe and are free.
Also need to be careful you dont get damp.