single brick room - always freezing

prosaver

try this bit expensive though ..thermal liner
http://www.gowallpaper.co.uk/erfurt-mav-wallrock-thermal-liner-2-10kg-adhesive.html?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=CKD96qWy3skCFeoJwwodxyoIAw

DRP

Get a bigger radiator(s) and use the heating more in that room.

Although it will costs a few hundred plus the extra heating costs (forever), it'll probably add up to less then any solutions that involve construction work.

MisterBaxter

prosaver wrote: »

try this bit expensive though ..thermal liner
http://www.gowallpaper.co.uk/erfurt-mav-wallrock-thermal-liner-2-10kg-adhesive.html?utm_source=google_shopping&gclid=CKD96qWy3skCFeoJwwodxyoIAw

I've used something similar called Sempatap (used in Social Housing). It is best suited to addressing cold spots on walls that are being affected by condensation and mould growth. It doesn't really provide significant insulation.

DRP wrote:

Get a bigger radiator(s) and use the heating more in that room.

Although it will costs a few hundred plus the extra heating costs (forever), it'll probably add up to less then any solutions that involve construction work.

Depending on how significant the heat loss is and how large the room is that may not actually be the most cost effective solution over the long term. It's true that the payback from insulation is lengthy but there is still generally a payback which if you remain in the property makes it worthwhile.

prosaver

DRP wrote: »

Get a bigger radiator(s) and use the heating more in that room.

Although it will costs a few hundred plus the extra heating costs (forever), it'll probably add up to less then any solutions that involve construction work.

that is a really good point

nic_santorini

Furts wrote: »

Be cautious when following this logic. It will work but the problem is the inside face of the wall will be cooler than it would be if the heating from the room was in direct contact. The issue then becomes condensation and damp - which in the case of a wardrobe full of clothes could be a mouldy expensive mistake.

this is true and happened to me. lost all my clothes which were jam packed. I never realised there was black mould and condensation literally running down the wall inside the wardrobe. i would go for the experts. I now don't have half as many clothes and have to keep the sliding doors open either end to get the air through

DRP

MisterBaxter wrote: »

I've used something similar called Sempatap (used in Social Housing). It is best suited to addressing cold spots on walls that are being affected by condensation and mould growth. It doesn't really provide significant insulation.



Depending on how significant the heat loss is and how large the room is that may not actually be the most cost effective solution over the long term. It's true that the payback from insulation is lengthy but there is still generally a payback which if you remain in the property makes it worthwhile.

True.

Our experience was of a ridiculously cold bathroom in a victorian terrace (no cavity, north/east side of house, construction of roof made it impossible to properly insulate). We lived with condensation, mould and cold for about 5 winters thinking it was too expensive to bother with internal or external wall insulation etc. We had a brainwave and tripled the radiator provision for that room and it sorted the problem out straight away (for about £200 plus the minimal heating costs).

Ikamva

External wall insulation does work and shouldn't cost too much for the extension only. My whole house has it and I've been switching off the heating as the house feels too hot.

surfsister

i have the same problem and it's a huge utility room the builder told me only reliable solution is too knock it down!!!

but suggestions above sound hopeful!

GwylimT

Is the floor or roof insulated?

Furts

Ikamva wrote: »

External wall insulation does work and shouldn't cost too much for the extension only. My whole house has it and I've been switching off the heating as the house feels too hot.

Any homeowner should be ultra cautious about external wall insulation being fixed to their home. The Government has pulled the plug on the Green Deal and energy saving schemes because they were shocked at the cowboy operators working in the industry. The Ex Head of the BRE (IIRR) was commissioned to investigate and traveled the country looking at homes. I recall he did not find a single home insulated to a satisfactory standard. The worry is the problems this is storing up for the future.

None of this is news to those of us who work in the construction industry. It is for this reason that most of us have dismissed the findings as a statement of the bleeding obvious. Consequently I have forgotten the exact details and title the report!