Internal wall insulation

gardis

Good evening all

We're sitting here freezing half to death, moaning about the heating being on and costing us a fortune but not keeping us warm enough. We're in a drafty victorian house that clearly needs some tlc to bring it up to scratch.

So, does anyone know how much we could expect to pay for equipment to put some internal wall insulation on (I'd get my father to do it but don't want to ask until we've priced it up and we're clueless!)?

munkypuzzel

insulate windows, doors, ceilings, floors, loft. You shouldnt really need to mess with internal walls,

keith969

You could try this:

http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=10567504&ecamp=trf-005&CAWELAID=421914885

gardis

Munkey puzzle we've got double glazing, curtains at doors (which are also upvc) and very good loft insulation. The floors downstairs aren't insulated (well, apart from the normal carpet and underlay). What else should we look at to improve the insulation? (our heating bill is circa £1600 a year, despite us working 12 hour days so not home a lot - I'm guessing we're losing heat somewhere?!)

roswell

Look at sealing all outside gaps eg around waste pipes etc with silicone, also look at how you use your heating I find it cheaper to leave the heating on constantly at 18 degress rather than changing up and down temps or on only twice a day its about getting the fabric of the building warm not heating.

deano72_2

contact your local council & they can put you in touch with companys who will do you a good deal... they quoted me (over the phone tho)£150 to insualte walls & £150 to insulate loft i have a 1930s detatched 3 bedder

gardis

Thank you for your advice everyone.

We have an old boiler (8 yrs) which doesn't allow us to regulate the temperature very easily (no thermostat on the wall). We've had a few issues with it this year so I should think we could do with saving up for a new one of those as well as sealing holes etc.

deano72_2

you can add a room stat,so then you you can have total control of your heating

27col

gardis wrote: »

Good evening all

. We're in a drafty victorian house that clearly needs some tlc to bring it up to scratch.

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You have partially answered your own question. Systematically go round and sort out the draughts and any holes you can find. Also, obviously, make sure that the roof has at least 270mm of insulation. Presumably the house does not have cavities that can be filled. If so, the only way of providing insulation is to apply insulation to the inside of the walls, this would be quite a laborious job.

jennifernil

8 years is NOT old for a boiler! We have a house built in 1988, with a lot more insulation than was required under building regs then, but our boiler is the original and still in good order after 21 years..

Fingers crossed now!

We do not have a wall thermostat but rather use TRVs, it works for us.

andrew-b

Have a pick through the advice here ...sounds like youve done most of the obvious things so not sure it will help.

One idea (not sure if it's in the above webpage advice as i havent looked) is to fit some radiator reflector foil to the external walls behind rads which might help.