Nickwithdraughtyhouse
New Member
Hi everyone, stumbled across this forum whilst searching for reasons why we have a massive draught coming in down the back of the PB and into the room from the skirting. On a windy day you can feel the draught in the middle of the room, and the walls are stone cold freezing.
I gather there could be any amount of reasons, and can be quite common on new builds and extensions. A lot of blame seems to be on the dot n dab method.
My question is quite simple really, as I can't get a straight answer from our builders, (who have now washed their hands of us), and is as follows...
Are you meant to 'seal' the top and bottom of the walls with a line of dab, to prevent cold air rushing in? Or are putting a few dabs around the wall the accepted method?
I understand there are other possible causes: ie bad blockwork, poor insulation, RSJ etc etc, but just trying to get all my ducks in a row.
Thanks so much for reading!
Nick
I gather there could be any amount of reasons, and can be quite common on new builds and extensions. A lot of blame seems to be on the dot n dab method.
My question is quite simple really, as I can't get a straight answer from our builders, (who have now washed their hands of us), and is as follows...
Are you meant to 'seal' the top and bottom of the walls with a line of dab, to prevent cold air rushing in? Or are putting a few dabs around the wall the accepted method?
I understand there are other possible causes: ie bad blockwork, poor insulation, RSJ etc etc, but just trying to get all my ducks in a row.
Thanks so much for reading!
Nick