Hello,
I would like to first describe our project before getting to the actual question:
We have a house with a partial basement, ground floor, and converted attic — with beams as an intermediate ceiling between the ground floor and attic. The house is being remodeled to have a ground floor plus a full upper floor and attic. For this, the current roof will be demolished, and a new upper floor will be built on the existing ground floor. On the ground floor, two walls will be moved, and the ground floor will be raised by one brick in height to provide enough ceiling height after installing heating and floor insulation — because the house currently has no insulation toward the basement/floor.
The building structure itself is in quite good condition, so until now we haven’t considered demolishing the ground floor — because why? The walls are made of solid brick. The renovation plan also includes adding insulation to the building’s exterior envelope.
Because of the solid brick walls, I assume the exterior walls contribute little to thermal insulation. However, I also have the concern — and now to the question — that the solid brick is the reason why the house takes quite a long time to warm up. Therefore, my question is whether it might be worthwhile at this point to use modern building materials and also rebuild the ground floor — at least the exterior walls — to counteract the long warming times caused by the solid brick walls.
In short: Is my concern about solid brick justified, or, due to our overall renovation plan (exterior wall insulation, floor insulation), will the building’s energy performance be only slightly worse or just as good as if I used newer materials for the structure?
Thank you for your help.
I would like to first describe our project before getting to the actual question:
We have a house with a partial basement, ground floor, and converted attic — with beams as an intermediate ceiling between the ground floor and attic. The house is being remodeled to have a ground floor plus a full upper floor and attic. For this, the current roof will be demolished, and a new upper floor will be built on the existing ground floor. On the ground floor, two walls will be moved, and the ground floor will be raised by one brick in height to provide enough ceiling height after installing heating and floor insulation — because the house currently has no insulation toward the basement/floor.
The building structure itself is in quite good condition, so until now we haven’t considered demolishing the ground floor — because why? The walls are made of solid brick. The renovation plan also includes adding insulation to the building’s exterior envelope.
Because of the solid brick walls, I assume the exterior walls contribute little to thermal insulation. However, I also have the concern — and now to the question — that the solid brick is the reason why the house takes quite a long time to warm up. Therefore, my question is whether it might be worthwhile at this point to use modern building materials and also rebuild the ground floor — at least the exterior walls — to counteract the long warming times caused by the solid brick walls.
In short: Is my concern about solid brick justified, or, due to our overall renovation plan (exterior wall insulation, floor insulation), will the building’s energy performance be only slightly worse or just as good as if I used newer materials for the structure?
Thank you for your help.
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