Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable). I would tend to er on the side of caution as older houses were meant to breathe especially if you have damp problems which may not have been 100% cured.

The only way I'd know for sure would be to put up a curtain rail, and hang curtains all across those doors, but that's a whole separate project. Floorboards - covered up with rugs, sometimes two rugs, to be sure, and I've been on hands and knees checking. Somewhere I've seen V-section seals for variable gaps between floorboards, they are pushed into place with a blunt blade or credit card etc. Follow this simple eight-step guide to eliminate chilly draughts and improve a rooms overall insulation. yes the gap will be fully hidden when the skirting is fitted and that was my original idea, to stuff some kind of insulation behind but was concerned that any moisture from the wall would cross over to the new wood floor.

I can't really answer based on experience of doing the job you describe, but I know roughly what you are talking about as your house sounds a lot like mine. mean a void space below them that is effectively open ('ish) to the outside atmosphere through air bricks etc. We had gaps between our floorboards in a variety of sizes which made it a slightly trickier job, but it has been SO worth it.

Similar to the gap filler seal above, cork strips can be used on hardwood, laminate and engineered floors.For narrow gaps stretch the seal: When dealing with narrow gaps don’t try to force the sealant in by pressing hard with the applicator tool. Fabric draught excluder - Usually long and chunky tubes placed in front of the door when you're settling down in a room. For example the methods used to draught-proof floorboards under a carpet are different to those used to draught-proof stripped floorboards. DraughtEx is designed to expand and contract with the movement pattern of the timber and will therefore remain in place, retaining the insulation and preventing cold draughts. All homes need some ventilation but the difference between ventilation and draughts is that ventilation is a flow of air that is controlled.

Another product that can be used is cork expansion strips, a little harder to insert in the gaps, and slightly more expensive, cork expansion strips are available in different lengths and thicknesses. DraughtEx is a proven floorboard gap filler which is designed to reduce cold draughts created by the gaps between your floorboards and improve the comfort and energy efficiency of your home.I have seen them online, but i can't imagine them not just smearing the silicone all over the place. Plumbers are normally my nemesis because they often gently remove floorboards with crowbars, cut them with angle grinders or even munch cut them with spade bits and refit them with cheap plasterboard screws, I spend endless weeks of my life every year on repairing or replacing previously perfectly acceptable flooring due to the moronic hand of 'the plumber' who beats 'the sparks' by some margin.