Recent content by brendankelly

They tried all sorts of ideas but none has worked 100% that I know of. The best idea (I thought) was 4 inch block, polystyrene, cavity and 4 inch block until I saw the poroton blocks. For new builds but there are thousands of houses out there that have to be fixed.

Do you know what cold bridging is???. I do not have to ask spunky.

If you read the thread you will see that snyper and scwarth that said the plaster board was not fitted properly. I agreed with them that the plaster board may or may not be fitted properly but over all it was the plasterer that was at fault. It was later established that no real plasterer...

If I knew I would be someplace warm with a beer in each hand.

I was at a presentation where a guy showed that the wall ties in the cavity block houses could cause cold bridging and with the -6 and -7 degree frost we are now getting cold bridging, condensation and moulds are a real concern.

. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=154116&d=1301954740 I never said the plaster board was not fitted properly. The OP had a draft coming in and asked for advice. I said the plastering was not good as there was a gap between the window and the plaster. I do not...

Even a thin bed will cause cold bridging which will result in condensation

You have to excuse ignorance. He is not the shiniest trowel is he. If he was able to read the thread he would know the draft was the fault of the guy that tried to fit the window. He also must be leaving cracked renders as he is scared.

The S***t is really hitting the fan over here lads. The Engineers with no work are looking at court cases to earn a living. If they find one crack in the plaster it is either take it all off or off to court. One court case is worth 6 months work...

When I went to see this job they had all the external walls done and were finishing the internal walls. I was impressed with the German builder. It was like leggo. Every block perfect. As straight as the barrel of a gun. He had a big saw for cutting the blocks and they were cut to the mm...

These are the same as we used in Cork. The secret is in laying them. You must be pretty exact. The builder on our job was German and he knew them from there. They are amassing. In many ways they are the same as rubble stone and lime. We ruled out dot and dab as well. We have used Gutex on...

We were going to use Gutex on the inside. either with or without the fibre board.

Definately below the belt. When did you see a Rangers fan that did not have his head up someones ass.

That is below the belt

I have not seen renderlite over here or limelite and never heard of a dpc coat. That is not to say they are not in use. We are of the belief that all single leaf walls must be able to breath so any material that prevents the wall from breathing is a no no for some here. Do not worry about...