House insulation - Aerolite Foam

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sherib

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Has anyone heard of Aerolite foam for insulation of walls of the house? It's a liquid foam which is pumped into the walls via holes drilled in the external walls. It dries out over a couple of weeks and then looks like candy-floss. It fills up the spaces in the hollow blocks.

I've tried Googling but not much information to be found. I've been told it is non-toxic and fire resistant. I'd appreciate it if anyone knows anything about it.
 
Hi Sherib,

If you run the search option (working ok for me at the moment) in this forum only you should be able to get many previous threads on 'cavity wall insulation' which I think is relevant to your query?
 
Thanks Sueellen but when I entered cavity wall etc into the Search Box I got this "Please enter the six letters or digits that appear in the image opposite."
only there was nothing in the box only a red "X"! Don't know but maybe that's something to do with the new board. Can that be fixed?
 
sherib said:
Thanks Sueellen but when I entered cavity wall etc into the Search Box I got this "Please enter the six letters or digits that appear in the image opposite."
only there was nothing in the box only a red "X"! Don't know but maybe that's something to do with the new board. Can that be fixed?
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Can't access the options above this text box right now?
 
Thanks for the link Sid. I tried again myself and it worked this time! Don't know why.

I've had a read of some of the posts but can't see anything about this aerolite foam or anything like it. The technical terms used by these posters is beyond me - it might as well be a foreign language. Somone mentioned insulating beads but that's different or is that something similar?

I've been told that because there's a decent space behind the red brick and the blocks behind it at the front of the house, it works better there. The best way I can describe the other three walls is that the cavity blocks are bit like honeycombed jelly and the foam goes into those spaces so can't be 100% but better than nothing. It's a bit worrying to read that damp can get in somehow - but maybe I'm mis-interpreting.
 
Hi Sherib,

I think your best bet is to ring www.sei.ie and they will get one of their advisors to ring you and discuss your best options. They might also give you some advice about the aerolite foam.
 
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