I have a 1.5-story Älvsbyhus built in 1988. In the winter, I'm bothered by drafts in several places upstairs. We have tried sealing by crawling out onto the "kattvinden" a few years ago, but it's difficult to get it sealed without tearing everything down and starting over. Those who finished the upstairs have made hatches/doors in a total of three places. Here it feels impossible to get it sealed, and it's not exactly suitable to place a bed nearby...
Now to my question. Has anyone furnished this minimal space? Is there any reason (ventilation, etc) that it MUST look the way it does now?
don't have any tips as such, just curious why the kattvindarna are cold. Isn't the insulation in the outer wall? We are building new now and our kattvindar look like that
I have no tips, just curious why the kattvinden are cold. Isn't the insulation in the outer wall? [image] We are building new now and our kattvinden look like that
The outer wall on the upper floor is not directly above the outer wall on the lower floor. The problem for me is partly that they were careless so it "drafts in the corners" AND there are three other homemade hatches/doors with substandard insulation and above all difficult to get the weatherstrips to work as they should.
Our attic hatch doors are completely draft-free. They are actually double-glazed windows that the previous owner installed, with chipboard screwed on the inside and some type of fiberboard on the outside. Good comfort, but unfortunately impossible for me to open, as they hang with hinges at the top and are very heavy. They are kept open by a thin steel bar between the rafters that you can hook the window lock onto.
A very creative solution that would probably be better (=lighter) if the glass is removed and regular insulation is installed instead.
Smart! Mine are also heavy. No hinges, so I have to lift them out and carefully place them on the floor as there are a couple of supports/hooks on the inside of the door there.
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