Folks,
I have lots of questions, as I haven't got the first idea about external insulation.
I have an end of terrace (ex council) with pebble dash on the walls (concrete). My entire downstairs is dry lined, but not upstairs. The attic is insulated. My bedroom, hall and bathroom are freezing (all external walls). I've been thinking about dry lining inside upstairs, but it would cause a lot of trouble, with having to move radiators and built in wardrobes being in the way, etc. So it would be much easier to put something on the outside wall.
I once rented a semi-d and the guy next door had a sort of second wall built using bricks that looked like they were made from some insulating material (foam like). I can't quite be sure what exactly was used, but it was put straight onto the wall and was then rendered over.
I've also read through some posts here and come across the Kingspan K5 option (I checked them for internal insulation).
I suppose what I want to know is,
1 - can you put Kingspan K5 or similar directly onto pebble dashed exterior wall?
2 - does anyone know what these bricks I saw might have been?
3 - There was a suggestion that doing this for a semiD (or in my case end of terrace) is of no use as the attached house would loose all the heat - what do people think?
4 - is there any other products apart from Kingspan or other methods I could consider?
Thanks to everyone for your help, I'm really new to the concept...
I have lots of questions, as I haven't got the first idea about external insulation.
I have an end of terrace (ex council) with pebble dash on the walls (concrete). My entire downstairs is dry lined, but not upstairs. The attic is insulated. My bedroom, hall and bathroom are freezing (all external walls). I've been thinking about dry lining inside upstairs, but it would cause a lot of trouble, with having to move radiators and built in wardrobes being in the way, etc. So it would be much easier to put something on the outside wall.
I once rented a semi-d and the guy next door had a sort of second wall built using bricks that looked like they were made from some insulating material (foam like). I can't quite be sure what exactly was used, but it was put straight onto the wall and was then rendered over.
I've also read through some posts here and come across the Kingspan K5 option (I checked them for internal insulation).
I suppose what I want to know is,
1 - can you put Kingspan K5 or similar directly onto pebble dashed exterior wall?
2 - does anyone know what these bricks I saw might have been?
3 - There was a suggestion that doing this for a semiD (or in my case end of terrace) is of no use as the attached house would loose all the heat - what do people think?
4 - is there any other products apart from Kingspan or other methods I could consider?
Thanks to everyone for your help, I'm really new to the concept...