We have a drafty Edwardian end of terrace which is hard to heat. We tend to rely heavily on a log burner which we love but the more we read about it the more we realise we must make some changes and use it less. Last year we tried using the central heating more but we can’t really afford it, the house never gets very warm without the log burner on and this year the gas situation is frankly terrifying.
The loft is insulated a bit with that awful glass fibre stuff. There’s about 10cm in there with boards over it and loads of stuff I’m storing for a family member.
We have an original front door which we have worked on draft proofing but os basically still very drafty.
We have double glazing which is ok- last year we replaced the worst offending windows that were very badly fitting and didn’t close properly.
The wall on the detached side gets very cold. The cupboard under the stairs blows a gale in to the hall.
We are trying to think where to start. We don’t have loads of money to spare but could borrow if it were really going to make a difference.
We need to replace the downstairs floors, should we do underfloor insulation? Should we insist family member takes back the stuff from the loft and then triple the insulation up there? Should we look into external wall insulation (probably too ££ and problematic but we want to look at all options).
We could spend a couple of K right off or save up or borrow to do a bigger job if we really feel it’s worth doing.
We are not in a conservation area so have a reasonable amount of freedom wrt external insulation etc. House is currently pebbledashed so to take that off and insulate the outside wouldn’t be as sacrilegious as if we had pristine red bricks.
Or we could move! Would rather not move though