Remundo wrote:yes theoretically the air is the best insulator, but provided that there is no convection in the air gap ... Gold from 2 or 3 cm, it begins to swirl and we are no longer under the assumption of a static air. The regime becomes conducto-convective and at that moment, instead of being an insulating agent, the air becomes a carrier, a player in the heat exchange.To prevent convection, the easiest way is to have foams or small cells in the air space. The thin insulation is not bad too because it mouth 2 3 cm by its presence.
Yes, I agree with Remundo.
Your initial solution (filling with hay) seemed to me not bad from this point of view, because there is still air, but the convective movements are slowed down. A little chopped straw would perhaps be even better. , by remaining in "low tech", "ecological" solutions and above all easy to implement in your case.