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Most of the work on this one is the part nobody sees. We fixed airtight boards to the ceiling rafters and taped them, sealed the junctions at the floor joists, brushed a liquid membrane where tape could not reach, and fitted grommets around every drainage pipe.
The sockets sit on structural insulation board, so they could be fixed securely without punching through the insulation line. Then the walls: battens first, then Diathonite lime-cork insulating plaster sprayed on in layers and levelled off by hand. We also blocked up an unused window in matching brick and built a new suspended floor while the house was open.

Preparation works for internal wall insulation in Muswell Hill, London

Blocking an unused window with matching bricks

New structural timber beams being installed

New suspended floor structure being installed

New suspended floor structure being installed

Phonotherm Structural insulation board installed behind, sockets

Phonotherm Structural insulation board installed behind sockets in Muswell Hill, London

Socket boxes installed onto Phonotherm structural insulation boards

Finsa SuperPan Airtight vapour barrier racking boards installed onto ceiling rafters

Finsa SuperPan Airtight vapour barrier boards taped around with ProClima airtightness tape

Finsa Airtight vapour barrier racking boards taped with ProClima airtightness tape in Muswell Hill, LOndon

Airtightness taping around floor joists at wall-floor junctions

Airtightness taping around floor joists - making junctions airtight in Muswell Hill, London

Airtightness work around floor joists using Aerosana Visconn fibre airtight liquid membrane in Muswell Hill, London

Airtightness works using Pro Clima Roflex Solido Airtight Grommet around drainage outlet in Muswell Hill, London

Battens are being installed in preparation for internal wall insulation

Battens are being installed in preparation for internal wall insulation

Battens are being installed in preparation for internal wall insulation

Battens ready for internal wall insulation

Diathonite Evolution lime-cork-clay insulating plaster-render spray machine

Diathonite Evolution lime-cork-clay insulation plaster being applied with spray pump onto solid masonry walls as internal wall insulation

Spraying Diathonite Evolution lime-cork-clay insulation plaster onto solid walls

Spraying Diathonite Evolution lime-cork-clay insulation plaster onto masonry walls

Diathonite Evolution lime cork insulation plaster sprayed in layers to reach required thickness in Muswell Hill, London

Diathonite Evolution lime cork insulation plaster being levelled off

Diathonite Evolution lime-cork-clay insulation plaster being levelled off

Diathonite Evolution lime-cork-clay insulation plaster being levelled off

Completed internal wall insulation with Diathonite Evolution lime-cork-clay system

Completed internal wall insulation with Diathonite Evolution lime-cork-clay system