Internal wall insulation can be used in both commercial and residential properties to improve indoor comfort and boost energy efficiency. 1
There are various methods of adding insulation for inside walls – each designed to reduce heat loss, increase acoustic performance or raise fire safety.
Read on to discover more about ROCKWOOL internal wall applications – and the benefits and cost savings they can bring.
Introducing high quality interior wall insulation is one of the best ways to prevent heat loss, protect against fire risks and improve acoustic capabilities.
It improves energy performance and creates a comfortable home or working environment suitable for all types of internal walls:
Applications can be easier and more accessible for certain properties, such as flats. They also have no impact on the external appearance, such as with dry lining walls where the insulation can be installed before the cladding, which is then painted over.
For separation and partition walls, they reduce the noise levels between rooms and properties.
Benefits of ROCKWOOL internal wall insulation include:
The amount required, and the precise cost to install, will depend on the size of your property, the thickness of its walls and how many are being insulated.
With dry lining often done to increase the living comfort the insulation thickness is mostly limited to 50-100mm. Naturally, you can always use a local U-value calculator in case you want to further increase the thermal performance of the wall.
Insulating the separating wall between dwellings will save on energy bills as it will prevent heat transfer from one to the other.
Discover the current thermal performance of your property to work out how much internal insulation is required using our local available ROCKWOOL U-Value calculator.
To meet the U-value required by certain building regulations for solid walls, installing a minimum of 100mm of insulation for dry lining walls is recommended.
Source: https://www.homebuilding.co.uk/internal-wall-insulation/
Our products are suitable for improving the thermal, acoustic and fire properties of two main types of wall:
Utilising the strengths of stone, ROCKWOOL applications for internal wall insulation are:
Property developer Keywest 3 transformed an office complex into 43 modern apartments and duplexes overlooking the River Tyne in South Shields, UK.
The developer wanted to minimise any sound transfer between the Manhattan-style properties that could disturb residents.
After initially selecting 50mm glass wool insulation for internal walls, the company switched to ROCKWOOL stone wool insulation for its improved acoustic performance.
The ROCKWOOL Sound Insulation Slab was chosen after a site visit and sound box demonstration. The solution exceeded current building regulations – providing a protective sound and fire-safe cocoon for each apartment.
The developer decided to install 100mm of insulation per wall leaf, doubling the 50mm that met its standards. This resulted in apartments with exceptional thermal, sound and fire credentials.
There are a few different methods of interior wall installation. The method of installation will vary depending on your chosen type:
Key tips:
At ROCKWOOL, we make products that improve energy efficiency. But we also want to ensure the materials we produce, and how we produce them, are sustainable too.
All our stone wool insulation is made from volcanic rock, one of the earth’s most abundant natural resources.
Our manufacturing techniques include circular economy practices, reprocessing waste as a substitute for virgin raw material. We take stone, the most abundant natural resource on Earth, and upcycled secondary materials that would otherwise end up as waste and turn them into long lasting stone wool insulation products. These products are themselves recyclable and can be recycled again and again without any deterioration in quality.
After just 200 days, ROCKWOOL insulation will have saved more carbon than was used in its manufacture.
For further information, Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are available for all of the stone wool insulation products manufactured in the UK. To request an EPD for internal wall insulation, please contact technical.solutions@rockwool.com.
Check the Energy Savings Trust website to see whether there are any financial support schemes available for internal wall insulation.
[1] WHO Housing and Health Guidelines - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK535294/
[2] https://www.rockwool.com/group/why-stone-wool/
[3] Group, link to www.rockwool.com/group/why-stone-wool - Local, link to local webpage 7SoS.
[4] Group, link to www.rockwool.com/group/our-thinking
[5] Group, link to https://www.rockwool.com/group/about-us/sustainability/
