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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…
There is often an assumption that when you insulate a building, you instantly start reducing your carbon emissions by reducing your heat loss. Whilst that is true, the carbon cost of creating the insulation used is not often factored in…
Because we supply quite a range of different wood fibre boards, we often get asked to recommend the best insulation for many different types of walling, whether it is soft sandstone, hard flint or old brick. Whilst there are some solutions…
Last month we wrote an article about decrement delay and how it can help enormously with keeping buildings comfortable, particularly during heat waves such as the one we’ve recently experienced in the UK. To further highlight and explain this we’ve…
With the extreme heat we are experiencing there are many people who’s homes and offices are getting extremely hot, not giving them anywhere to escape the record high temperatures that are becoming the norm in our summers. Many of those…
We regularly get asked whether it is possible to mix wood fibre insulation with synthetic insulation, to save on cost and give a lower U-value for a given thickness but to try and retain some of the benefits of wood…
We often get asked what is the best thickness of insulation to use when considering solid wall insulation and also whether internal or external insulation is best. As ever, this is not a straightforward question to answer because of all…