Interior insulation: insulating walls at the last minute

When we asked what was going between the timbers that make up the walls, our builder looked at us a little puzzled: “Nothing. The walls are sealed hollow, you can’t see them”. OK then, and what about the background noise from the neighboring rooms?

Without further ado, we decided to pay USD 580 for an upgrade and have these walls insulated. After all, we don’t necessarily want to hear everything that happens in the neighboring rooms. In retrospect, it is still very hard to hear. I can’t imagine what it would have been like if we hadn’t had the insulation.

The ceilings are insulated as standard, but the roof is generally not, although we will have this done later. As no reinforced concrete is used in the ceilings as in Germany, this insulation keeps the heat away from the roof truss. The warm air that is generated in the roof truss is dissipated by ventilation upwards through appropriate ventilation attachments (ridge vents). Air flows into the roof through the perforated sheets (soffits) fitted around the house, resulting in a rear-ventilated roof truss. .

Pictures of interior insulation for soundproofing

coming soon.