Exterior wall insulation

ljonski

Thinking about getting this done but came across this.

The Government is wrong.
The Green Deal is dead - their biggest scam, flop, mad scheme, money making invention for their cosy mates - call it what you will, but it's dead. It never worked, and it was never going to.

Insulating old houses is a technical and complex game. The idiots who come knocking on your door trying to sell you free insulation are just that - moronic, brain dead idiots - paid peanuts by sales managers who have huge sales targets to meet, and who are paid Government money to do so - OUR money.

If you want to warm your house up, and it's old - there's a bunch of things you can do that won't damage the house, or give your children asthma from increased allergens, mould, fungus etc from ill conceived insulation attempts:

Manage humidity - keep the air dry - extract moisture.
Fit roman blinds or secondary glazing
Insulate your loft by all means - but VENTILATE IT!
Keep heating running all the time - but very low - aim to keep the house at 15 degrees C
Think humidity - all the time - humid air is what makes it feel cold
Your walls are NOT losing heat at the rate the Government says they are
Check your drains - make sure all your drains are in top condition - 75% of old houses have leaky drains causing damp.
Make sure ground levels are below internal floor levels.

i located this advice from Indiarubberman who posted on the youtube video below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=189rlGvzw7E

any thoughts?

ljonski

any thoughts?

No..................

Ken68

Good post ljonski, just been assessed and quoted here. Have turned it down due to many small considerations including no provision (or even mention) of extractor fans, and I can't believe that drilling four or five holes per square metre into the existing solid wall won't over time destroy the fabric of the building.

jhs14

Ken68 wrote: »

I can't believe that drilling four or five holes per square metre into the existing solid wall won't over time destroy the fabric of the building.

Why would it? Over how much time are you talking about - 100 years?