Anyone know about insulation ?

[michaelthegardener]

Me sisters bought a new house and there is a kind of utility room stuck on the side the wall is a single block thick an the roof is crappy plastic me an the brother in law are going to replace the roof with polly carbonate sheeting but dose anyone know if there would be a way to insulate the wall without to much work ?

[digerjones]

you can get insulated plaster board, theres no such thing as a cheap job. if your going to do it, do it right it dose'nt take much longer to do a proper job.

[michaelthegardener]

I dont want cheap just the easyest good job

[lutonlagerlout]

why does it need insulation?
has the washing machine froze? (mine did last week )
make sure if you have a tumble dryer its properly vented and electrical stuff is correctly earthed
dylan's insulated plasterboard is a good idea, you could screw it onto battens with drywall screws or dot and dab it
cheers LLL

[michaelthegardener]

well it just seams very very cold out there but then again the roof is crap an the bottom of the back door has rotted off so maybe once there sorted it might not be as bad i supose i was thinking it would be best to do it though with the winters we seam to get now and it just being one block thick ya know if its worth doing its worth doing propper an all that :p

[lutonlagerlout]

as long as its waterproof that is enough
LLL

[michaelthegardener]

right o thanks

[Leeco]

If it was me I would buld a stud wall out of 3"x 2" timber and fill the 400 gaps with 2" kingspan and plasterboard over it. I have done this in 2 bedrooms in my house as the front 1st floor wall is made out of clad and it did the job.

[lutonlagerlout]

i am guessing the utility room is a bit tight for space?
LLL ???

[michaelthegardener]

yes it is really probably just going to get the roof sorted for now and see how cold it gets out there then !
do you think polycarbonate sheeting will be good enough for the roof ?

[henpecked]

Quick fix would be to cellatex (dear) or polystyrene sheet the walls /roof. If its an outhouse, this will do till the better weather appears

[lutonlagerlout]

celotex hen
as long as its frost and water proof thats enough for an outhouse
stud walls and such are what you have to do to meet building control approval
LLL

[henpecked]

celotex hen

you say potatoe i say potato
:p

[michaelthegardener]

well it froze up on them not to sure where though its either inside or where the pipe goes out throught the wall anyway any one got any idears for the best thing to use for the roof i was thinking polycarbonate sheeting but will it keep the heat in at all ? really what we need is something fairly easy to do cos theyve had to spend alot on the place and cant afford to get someone in

[mickg]

the correct way would be to fix timbers to form a pitched roof and to fit kingspan insulation between the spars with felt battens and roof tiles

if you add the cost of 24mm polycarbonate fitted into aluminum spars i bet there is not much cost difference as you will still need lead flashing and guttering what ever way you do it

it would be a different ball game if you was going to use 6mm polycarbonate in the first place, this would be a massive mistake as condensation will drip off the roof and it would still be very cold