Tile cladding

mininoel

I’m wondering if anyone has any advice about tile cladding on a timber frame house...the whole terrace road seems to have this tile cladding on the first and second floor with brick on the ground floor. I’m just wondering how this works I’ve read about single skin being a problem would it be a single skin if it’s tiled? If there is a cavity between the internal skin and this tile cladding would that make it not single skin. I’ve been told lenders won’t lend on it but the whole street is like that, is there a way to improve things? It was converted into two maisonettes in 2008 do you think they would have put insulation or something in the cavity then as it’s never cold and there is no damp, in fact it’s one of the warmer houses I’ve lived in. Is there a way to check without damaging walls etc. 

Davesnave

Pictures here are easy and so useful.

mininoel

Davesnave said:

Pictures here are easy and so useful.

Pictures of what, I can’t see between the internal and external walls anywhere it’s basically just the outside I can see, would that help? When a conversion is done making one property into 2 would they have to make changes so things like insulation were in line with current building regulations.

Doozergirl

mininoel said:

Davesnave said:

Pictures here are easy and so useful.

Pictures of what, I can’t see between the internal and external walls anywhere it’s basically just the outside I can see, would that help? When a conversion is done making one property into 2 would they have to make changes so things like insulation were in line with current building regulations.

In a word, yes.  

The searches would hopefully yield
a certificate.  

mininoel

In a word, yes.  

The searches would hopefully yield
a certificate.  

Thanks I’ve got the certificate but that doesn’t really say what they had to do just that it conformed to regulations so I don’t know what that means? 

Davesnave

It means that in 2008 the building regulations then in force had been complied with.

Not so long ago, so the thermal efficiency should be reasonably good, though maybe not quite what would be required now. I don't know if/when requirements became more stringent, but I expect Doozer does.

mininoel

My understanding is that it’s constructed using a method like this? I’m not a 100% sure but would this be classed as single skin. I’ve been told banks won’t lend on the property of its single skin but I know houses along my terrace have sold recently. I get that it doesn’t have a brick external skin but does this tiling and boarding not count? Would that have been something that would have been investigated as part of building regs in 2008 or am I way off

stuart45

A lot of houses have this method of construction. The cross wall houses of the 60's and early 70's are an example.
The insulation should be (in theory at least) to 2008 standards.
Tile hanging protects against the weather, unlike a single skin of face clay brickwork.

Le_Kirk

My house is tile clad at first floor level.  It is cavity wall but the top half is breeze block rather than brick, otherwise it is exactly as the picture posted here Today at 11:02AM.  There seems to be no benefit except to make it different to the other houses in the close.  If you have some spare tiles, hang on to them in case of breakages!  My window cleaner knocked one off and the roofer spent two weeks trying to match it before I told him we had some spares in the gap between our house and the neighbour.

stuart45

Using 6 inch AAC blockwork was popular in the later 70's for the upper floors under the tile hanging.

mininoel

stuart45 said:

Using 6 inch AAC blockwork was popular in the later 70's for the upper floors under the tile hanging.

Would there definitely be something under the tiling hanging...surely a board or something? I don’t know I’m just trying to think through my logic but I am totally clueless.