Hi all,
I need some advice!
I'm insulating our living room with solid walls. For most of it, I'm using wood fibre board.
However I have a fireplace against an external wall. I could choose to use wood fibre board around it but obviously that would then rule out ever installing a log burner or similar, which we don't really want to rule out.
I also don't want to leave this section of wall uninsulated and ideally would insulate both behind the fireplace itself and around the chimney breast which is half built into the room.
The options I've thought of are either to use:
1. Insulating lime plaster or some kind, which would I guess be non combusitble but seems to have mixed views as to how useful it is.
2. Some kind of metal studwork possibly with rockwool behind and cement boards on front.
3. Some kind of boarding fixed mechanically to the bricks eg. vitcas boarding, but how good is this as wall insulation?
What would you do in this sutiation and why?
I need some advice!
I'm insulating our living room with solid walls. For most of it, I'm using wood fibre board.
However I have a fireplace against an external wall. I could choose to use wood fibre board around it but obviously that would then rule out ever installing a log burner or similar, which we don't really want to rule out.
I also don't want to leave this section of wall uninsulated and ideally would insulate both behind the fireplace itself and around the chimney breast which is half built into the room.
The options I've thought of are either to use:
1. Insulating lime plaster or some kind, which would I guess be non combusitble but seems to have mixed views as to how useful it is.
2. Some kind of metal studwork possibly with rockwool behind and cement boards on front.
3. Some kind of boarding fixed mechanically to the bricks eg. vitcas boarding, but how good is this as wall insulation?
What would you do in this sutiation and why?