http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ 'build green' en Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:22:05 +0000 http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/electrics#post-227 Fri, 07 Oct 2011 12:14:23 +0000 admin 227@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>How much heat are the cables generating Gydd - I wouldn't expect it to be noticable? Are there no air gaps? My cabling generally runs behind / along the stud partitions so plenty of air around them were they to warm up. </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/electrics#post-223 Thu, 04 Aug 2011 07:15:32 +0000 Gydd 223@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>Doing my own electrics on a water mill restoration. I am puzzled by the conflict of the cables generating heat and being trapped behind the insulation. Do you cut the insulation where the cables are to allow them to cool? My concern is that This will compromise the insulation? Anyone got any experience of this? </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/heating-help-needed#post-43 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:29:00 +0000 admin 43@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>Regardless of how you proceed, you'll need to establish how much insulation you have and what it is - can't you access the roof space / attic or isn't there one (in which case adding insulation is going to be tricky)? - warm air rises and all that - I suggest you be a devil and cut small hatches into the plasterboard to see what lies beneath. You only need small holes and they're easily filled. </p> <p>Once you have established what you have in terms of insulation your options will be pretty well defined by the structure of your building (unless you want to undertake major works). For example, a blown 'lose' insulation may be appropriate in the void between your plasterboard and the stone wall. With no attic, additional roof insulation will need to be in the form of boards that can be inserted between the existing rafters etc.</p> <p>Establish your options then bring in the professionals... </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/heating-help-needed#post-39 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 13:49:53 +0000 truenorth 39@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>Afternoon all</p> <p>We bought a beautiful old barn conversion last Nov and it is fab. It was originally built in 1320 and converted around 87/88. As lovely as it is it's bloomin cold. We've replaced all rads for larger, period ones and upgraded the boiler to a modern, efficient one. All rads are the correct btu for each room, but it's still blumin' cold.</p> <p>The walls are approx 2ft solid stone, and we've mainly got vaulted ceiling (we live upstairs and sleep/wash downstairs). As is usual the windows are pretty small too.</p> <p>Who can I call to come and give me advise? I'm almost thinking I might need a thermal image producing to show where the cold spots are. But then it would be great if someone could convert that into a series of things that need doing. Architect, builder etc?</p> <p>We're not sure how much insulation was used and we'd have to strip the plasterboard or tiles from the roof to check. Neither I'd rush to do!</p> <p>I'm in the Manchester area. Was hoping someone may know of a heating expert that could tell us if the heat us being lost through the walls or windows or roof etc. At least if we know we can make a decision of whether we do it or not. At the moment the rads are piping hot but the rooms chilly.</p> <p>Many thanks<br /> True North </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/cork-granules-as-loose-fill-insulation#post-24 Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:43:13 +0000 KGraham 24@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>What a great website! I really hope someone here can help me. I'm working on a 100% green retrofit of a very old house in the northeast united states, where winters are -0. It's a wood frame construction, intact plaster/lath walls on the interior, and _absolutely nothing_ in the cavities. I'm dissatisfied with all available commercial insulation options, and would like to use granulated cork, as a kind of 'pour-in' application. However, cork's made no inroads in the american market (except as composite flooring), so no one anywhere has been able to provide me with information. I have no idea what size granule should be used in such an application (on the larger side seems intuitively logical); whether it can be straight ground up cork or if it has to be the 'expanded' type; and perhaps most importantly, whether it has to be treated for flammability - I've actually put this question to several people, and they disagree vehemently, one of them insisting that untreated cork granules are fire safe as insulation, the other insisting that it's a fire hazard! (It doesn't help that one of the very scant results of a Google search for this kind of use of cork is a link to a description of a ship that caught fire - the source being the cork insulation in the walls!) Is there anyone out there who can provide me with accurate answers to these important questions? </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/comment-on-insulation-series-on-main-site#post-20 Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:15:55 +0000 tom.woolley 20@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>Why not use hemp and lime. Ideal for new build , timber frame and for renovation and conversions.<br /> See Bevan and Woolley - Hemp and Lime Construction BRE Press<br /> <a href="http://www.hemplime.org.uk/PDF/EP85%20Hemp%20lime%20flyer%201.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.hemplime.org.uk/PDF/EP85%20Hemp%20lime%20flyer%201.pdf</a> </p> http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/topic/comment-on-insulation-series-on-main-site#post-12 Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:16:55 +0000 admin 12@http://forum.mybarnconversion.com/ <p>Don't be shy, what do you think?</p> <p>Put us straight, make corrections or just have your say about all matters insulation related.</p> <p><strong>Reply below...</strong> </p>