What is Dry Lining Interior Insulation?

Insulating the interior walls of your home is called dry lining. We fit dry-lining warm-boards on the inside of the perimeter walls of your property. The boards are made of 82.5mm insulated plasterboard which retains heat in your home and enables you to save up to 50% on heating costs.

When Is Dry Lining a Good Choice of Insulation?

If your house has solid walls, you will not be able to get cavity wall insulation. Solid walls are the norm in houses that were built pre 1940’s.  Solid walled houses lose heat easily – you could be losing up to 30% of your heat through the walls! 

If you’re thinking of renovating the interior of your house, then dry lining insulation would be ideal. It is cheaper and faster than external wall insulation and it’s also a good option if you want to retain the brick exterior of your house.

Preventing Damp

Interior insulation reduces the chances of damp penetrating your walls (except rising damp, which is due to a faulty damp course). Your damp proof course should be treated by a specialist prior to insulation, and we can arrange this for you if necessary.  After insulation, however, our thorough work ensures complete coverage, reducing the risk of damp.

Effectiveness of Interior Insulation

Dry lining insulation significantly reduces the rate at which heat escapes through your walls (thermal conductivity) due it’s excellent ability to resist heat transfer (R value), resulting in warmer, more pleasant conditions inside your home.

What is Involved in the Installation Process?

Our insulation panels are fitted and our fully qualified plasterers will plaster all of these walls with Gypsum skimcoat. Read below for more detail on the installation process.

How Will Interior Insulation Affect my Home?

Dry lining is lightweight, so it won’t affect your foundations. It also allows great flexibility for design changes, future expansion and any future internal alterations.

Installation

All you need to do before we arrive is remove paintings and other items from the walls, and move your furniture away from the walls we’ll be working on. If you are living alone or unable to move some heavy items, we will move these items upon arrival.

 Here are some steps in the process of works:

• Cover all flooring and any items remaining with dust sheets.
• Disconnect all radiators and electrical fittings located on external walls.
• Remove existing skirting boards.
• Install 82.5mm insulated plaster board to main areas of walls, ensuring that no gaps are present at the back of the board using mechanical fixings.
• Apply 3mm plaster skim coat finish to all insulated plaster boards.
• Reconnect all radiators and electrical fittings.
• Reinstall existing skirting boards.
• Tidy up and leave the room ready for decoration.

This process can take 2 to 4 days on average depending on the size of your house. We are well aware that having work done in the house for several days can make life tricky, so we always aim to minimise disruption to your day to day life as much as possible. During your pre home inspection we will give you more accurate time for duration of work.

Insulation boards are non toxic and there are no fumes on installation, however there is some dust. Whilst most families stay in the house during the insulation process, we do recommend that anyone with asthma stays elsewhere during installation.

There is no maintenance required for dry lining insulation and no special care. It has a lifetime guarantee and will prove to be a great investment, giving your home high quality insulation and added comfort.

Be aware that the interior of your house will be slightly reduced. If this is an issue for you, you may want to consider external wall insulation as an alternative.