I'm insulating my exterior wall (built of perforated Porotherm blocks) using 40mm gutex wood-fibre boards. The recommended application involves the use of an adhesive (allegedly very strong) and plastic fasteners / anchors. The insulation layer will be applied over the existing (cement-based) rendering. The recommended number of fasteners for gutex boards is minimum 6 per square metre, which I find excessive. Is there a good reason why I should use so many dowels (and bore so many holes into my wall) ? Can it be avoided – especially given that the adhesive is very strong and is applied continuously rather than just in spots?
Walls – use fewer than the recommended number of fasteners for exterior wall insulation
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Best Answer
Your material might warp could be one of the reasons they recommend to do this - I would suggest to follow their recommendation.
While any one can ignore a manufacturers recommendation given the manufacturer has studied their product and engineered out issues with their product and tested it - I mean what could they possibly know about their own product.. right?
That said here is my recommendation:
Cheaper to do it right the first time than it is to do it right the second time.