Living in a house with no insulation
We had the ceiling insulation in much of our house removed a couple of days ago before we install our HVAC system. Today was a cold rainy day and whatever heat was still in the house has been leaking away as we have no heating. We took out our Thermal camera to see the state of the ceilings where there is no insulation, and also to look at the newer part of the house where we left the polyester insulation.
The bedroom
The bedroom has two external double brick walls, a large window, and at the moment no batts. The joists are now providing more resistance against heat flow than the rest of the ceiling. The joists are at around 14.5 degrees while the plasterboard is at 13.9. The outside temperature is around 13.5 degrees, and the inside temperature is pretty similar.
The living room
Our living room is also in the old part of the house where we have removed all the batts and now there is only plasterboard.
There is one spot on the ceiling where you can see the location of the evaporative cooling vent which we have capped with a plastic cover and which still has some of the insulated duct behind it.
The Lounge – still some insulation
This room still has polyester batts, but they don’t cover the entire ceiling and there are clear gaps around features like down lights.
Next steps
Tomorrow we will have the HVAC system installed. This will involve placing a new unit in the ceiling along with installing new ductwork and vents. The system should be operational mid next week, which will make the house more liveable, but we will still be losing a lot of heat through the ceiling.
We will also be having the down lights changed so that they are IC4 Compatible and can be safely placed underneath the new batts we will be installing.
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