Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
I haven't been following all the renovation stuff, but how are you insulating those masonry exterior walls?
Have you heard about this device that attach to the inside of an electrical panel and can show you on a mobile device exactly how much power each and every item in your house is using? It works by detecting every device's unique electrical signature, so when you turn on the oven for example, a big circle will pop up on the mobile monitoring app that shows you much power that oven is using. It's a pretty neat looking device, and works on an amazingly simple principle.
Most houses of that period (early 1900s) are masonry cavity brick with no insulation like this:
https://www.carsondunlop.com/wp-cont...avity-Wall.jpg
Most don't have insulation and I'll probably skip it as it bring damp from the outside wall to the inside wall as we're low-lying land next to the sea (I'm probably at or below sea level and about 1km from the sea.
The ground floor is usually suspended floorboards with the joists going directly into the inner brick wall without insulation and with the ground and debris immediately below like here:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=vi...t6VxkegxSvUkM:
which we'll probably ply over (6mm), level, add insulation, under floor heating and engineered wood over it ... we might keep the boards upstairs.
loft insulation does exist in the house.
it doesn't often get below 0C (32F) where we are (click on averages table).
data here:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/...mate/gcp0zn6wn
I liked watching the current draw and the total usage (£/day) and it's free from the electricity company.