Insulation Opinion Sought

[tarrel]

Hello,

We recently bought a stone-built Victorian cottage, which has been renovated, I understand, within the last 10 years.  The walls have been dry-lined on the inside.  Given the recency of the renovations, is it likely that insulation will have been inserted when the dry-lining was done, or is it not possible to tell?

We are currently letting this cottage as a holiday let, but will be moving into it permanently later this year.  I intend to install a wood-burning heating system in place of the current oil-fired one, but want to ensure the insulation is up to scratch first.

Any views welcomed.

Thanks

Tarrel

[HalcyonRichard]

Hi,
    It might or might not have insulation. One way to tell is if you have any light switches/sockets. You can usually see if there is any insulation behind them. Also if you know the oil consumption you could guesstimate the houses performance(difficult as it's been a holiday let). Or you could move in and live in it for a year to see how it goes. Do you intend to keep the oil fired system as backup ?  I assume you are talking about a wood pellet boiler if not - go on holiday you will have no backup heating available.

Regards Richard

[tarrel]

Thanks for the tip about the light switches.  I'll have a look.  We're looking at log-fired heating as we have a supply of free wood and, yes, we'd keep the oil fired boiler as a back-up.