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When it comes to installing natural insulation systems, one question crops up again and again: Do I need an approved installer? It’s a fair question — especially given the rise of certified schemes and branded training programmes across the construction…
Natural vs Mechanical Ventilation: What Really Works? The idea of ventilating your home naturally – simply opening windows and letting fresh air in – sounds appealing. It’s low-tech, intuitive, and has that wholesome, back-to-basics feel. But in well-sealed, high-performance buildings,…
Can You Partially Insulate a Building? Risks, Strategies, and Best Practice It’s a question that comes up regularly: can you insulate a building in stages, rather than all at once?In short—yes, you can. But the real answer is more nuanced,…
Airtightness, Breathability, and Vapour Control: How to Make It All Work Together When it comes to building performance, few topics generate as much confusion—and controversy – as airtightness, breathability, and vapour control. Can you really make a building airtight an…
Why Do We Insulate Buildings? It might seem like a basic question, but it’s one that’s worth revisiting. Why do we insulate our homes and buildings? While many clients come to us already committed to insulation, the full scope of…
Here you can download our latest products brochure focussing on retrofit. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
We’re always on the lookout for design tools, links and expert insights we can use to help our clients build sustainably with confidence. Here we’ve included a categorised list of everything we’ve come across so far. We’ll continue to update…
As an independent, brand agnostic supplier with a lot of hands on construction experience, we like to choose what is available from a wide range of suppliers to get the best products available, not just the ones from any particular…
One common concern when using wood fire insulation is that because it is made of wood it might not be safe from a fire perspective. In this article we show how to use wood fibre insulation in fire safe constructions…
We sometimes hear from architects that would really like to incorporate natural fibre insulation into their projects but struggle to convey the benefits of wood fibre insulation to their clients. So, we have put together this short article on what…