front hall no cavity wall

[mattj74]

The front hall of our house where we hang coats after coming in the front door has no cavity wall, it's just a single skin of brick to the front and one side (other side is against neighbour's terrace house). It's quite small area with a door leading into the living room.

I was wondering if there were any options to maybe plaster in or add a cavity to improve the insulation as it gets quite cold in winter. Does anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks,
Matt

 

[Gobo]

You could batten it out, insulate it, then board and plaster. If its a outer area that you don't spend time in I wouldn't bother because unless it's heated some how it will still remain much colder than in the house.

Gobs

 

[PrenticeBoyofDerry]

As gobs states, battan out, insulate, vapour check barrier, board and plaster.
Some board come with a vapor check barrier and you could also consider using thermaline boards.
http://www.insulation.kingspan.com/uk/pdf/k18.pdf

 

[Brigadier]

I've got an old house without cavity walls, and I've gone around and battened out all of the external walls that don't have a window in them.
Battened with 1" x 1 1/2" pressure-treated at 400mm centres, put 25mm of polystyrene board in the void, then boarded and skimmed.
Seems noticeably warmer this winter than the previous three.