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Posted By: OspreyPeter_in_Hungary - thanks, but I think prefer having a cavity even if filled!Is there a specific reason for that that you can express, or just a general feeling? (says the man living in a lime-straw-lime house who isn't concerned about the lack of a cavity
Posted By: OspreyI am sure PIH is correct, but am being conservative on this. Neither I, builder nor architect has experience with that approach... ...I would also fear resale value if the extension construction method was radically different to the rest of the house.
Posted By: Peter_in_HungaryApart from thermal mass benefits it is much easier to get a quality build with single block, no chance to cut corners with the cavity insulation by leaving gaps and not placing properly against the inner skin, no skimping or improper placing of wall ties and no mortar snots bridging the cavity.
Edit to say also single block is quicker (= cheaper) to build
Posted By: Mike1Almost all buildings had solid walls until the 1920s,
Posted By: revorDon't know when cavities were first used in construction but our last house late Victorian semi built 1898 had cavity.Like most innovations, it takes a while for them to spread. Just looked it up and Historic England say that the first experiments were in the 'early Victorian period' - so around a century before they caught on.
Posted By: Nick ParsonsThe other side of this is how long solid walls went on. Until about 2013 the latest solid walled property I had seen was in S. Yorks, from 1939. Then in 2013 I met the resident of a detached house in Nottinghamshire. Their whole estate was built of 9 inch solid brick in the 1950s, and I have since learned of several other estates in Nott'mshire built the same in the same era.Interesting too!
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