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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:46:33 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>rsk1</author>
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			<![CDATA[When considering insulation, should I treat a chimney breast like a single skin external wall?]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:49:38 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>Triassic</author>
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			<![CDATA[Is the fireplace used or not?]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:02:00 +0100</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[no]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:06:02 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[IWI or EWI?  g/f or top floor?]]>
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		<title>should I insulate the chimney breast?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:09:30 +0100</pubDate>
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			<![CDATA[IWI, attic]]>
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		<title>should I insulate the chimney breast?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:48:04 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[yes insulate it would be my advice]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 17:59:47 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>Nick Parsons</author>
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			<![CDATA[Agree with Tony. 20+ years ago it was the form *not* to, but it's a big cold bridge. I have recently re-IWI'd my front room, in part for that reason.]]>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:51:21 +0100</pubDate>
		<author>tony</author>
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			<![CDATA[I have had several problems with not being done and being called in to sort them out retrospectively, the vertical cold bridge is difficult to deal with.]]>
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