Help needed! need to quickly and cost effectively insulate a room

firedrone

Hi,

In short we're having to temporarily back at my parents in my old room, and the room would not be suitable for our child. So we need to insulate the walls as it's on the back of a garage. However we're not quite sure how to go around this. We don't want to do a layer of brickwork, need something we can put up in place then wallpaper over, if you have any suggestions they would be greatly appreciated.

It's a solid brick wall so we cannot insulate inside the wall.

ed110220

You have two basic options for insulating a solid (non cavity) wall but neither are especially quick or cheap.

1) External insulation. You place insulation boards, typically about 80-100mm thick on the outside of the wall then have them rendered or cladded over. Obviously as it makes the wall thicker you may need new surrounds for the windows and doors.

2) Internal insulation. You place the insulation boards on the inside of the walls and dryline over them with plasterboard. Again there is the issue with the windows and doors.

Internal insulation is probably more DIY able, I've done it in two rooms in my house, but did not have the problem with making the walls thicker as the system-built walls had space in them for the insulation.

I would say it is a big project, it's not something done lightly.

Here's a link for the Energy Saving Trust's advice: http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Insulation/Solid-wall-insulation

And one about how I insulated a bedroom (not a solid wall though) : http://bisfhouse.com/internal-insulation-project-of-bisf-bedroom-by-ed/