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insulation over old uninsulated floor slab

2 years ago

Renovation of 1970 bungalow with no insulation in floor slab

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Stand your ground! He is your builder and you are the one paying him. He knows what's required, and he should be doing things correctly. As you mention, the area is above your bedroom ceilings and therefore, if it were to remain uninsulated, this would lead to heat loss from the house. I would expect that he would be putting in celotex ( Kingspan ) under the roof rafters and also between the ceiling joists. Infact, the last one i did, i also put another layer against the stud wall to prevent the heat loss from the new bedroom further. Here is the link to Kingspan's published literature, on page 10 it tells you about the requirements for new lofts. I would imagine that there are plenty of Building Regs that you also have to adhere to, so for any doubt, please contact your local council and they will let you know about insulation and fire risk requirements, after all, they are the ones that 'sign off' on your project. Kingspan
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I moved into my Victorian home six months ago and am redecorating all of the rooms. They are in different states but mostly pretty good condition. At some point over the last century the dining room has had the entire fireplace and chimney breast removed. I discovered this when the walls were stripped and re-wallpapered over the weekend. My next job is to get the floors sanded and varnished. Yesterday I peeled back the (hideous) carpet and discovered a large concrete slab, presumably where the old hearthstone used to be (or the hearthstone itself? I have no idea). My friend suggested tiling over it, which I'm not opposed to in theory. My problem is that not only is the hearthstone itself 50cm deep, but since the chimney breast no longer exists, it's a further 40cm away from where the wall now is (with well-fitted stumpy bits of wood in between the wall and the back of the concrete). So that's almost a metre out, in a room which is only 2.8m wide anyway and which I am using as a dining room - i.e. the table in the centre of the room, so the hearthstone will be right underneath the chairs, and the edges would be a trip hazard. It wouldn't really matter in any other room since the furniture could be rearranged to accommodate it. But in a dining room, raising it in any way (i.e. tiling) simply isn't practical. Has this completely scuppered my plans to sand down the floorboards? Will I need to shell out for new wooden flooring that covers the entire floor? Or is there some way of removing this slab and its stubby surrounds, and filling the gap with reclaimed floorboards, without causing irreparable damage to the house? There is a bit of chipboard in place of some floorboards but only in one corner. The remainder are, I believe, the original floorboards from 1876. I'm very open to creative suggestions, but whatever happens, I refuse to have carpet in the dining room. The hearthstone is under the carpet on the left of this photo.
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