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DIY Cheap External Insulation Options

  • 29-01-2012 2:29pm
    #1
    leonvquinn
    Registered Users Posts: 62 ✭✭


    I have a section of wall in my house that isnt insulated and cant be insulated from the inside due to tiles so I was thinking of putting up some kind of cheap insulation on the outside like fibreglass or kingspan then putting some wood cladding over that and have it hopefully look like a house feature!

    Wise?

    Any other cheap options?


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  • #2
    cnocbui
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,091 ✭✭✭✭cnocbui


    Not wise.

    The sort of things you are suggesting will likely turn into a disaster when the materials get wet and waterlogged.

    Pick 'cheap' or 'success' I doubt you are likely to manage both.

    There are external insulation cladding systems based on polystyrene sheets, fixed to the wall then rendered with a synthetic silicone based render for weather protection.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_wall_insulation


  • #3
    paddy147
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 15,858 ✭✭✭✭paddy147


    leonvquinn wrote: »
    I have a section of wall in my house that isnt insulated and cant be insulated from the inside due to tiles so I was thinking of putting up some kind of cheap insulation on the outside like fibreglass or kingspan then putting some wood cladding over that and have it hopefully look like a house feature!

    Wise?

    Any other cheap options?


    NOT WIZE.


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