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Recent Blog Posts
- Sustainable bathroom and shower room
- How can I super insulate my floor – part four: under floor heating
- Green Deal changes welcome but much more to achieve for zero carbon homes target
- How can I super insulate my floor – part three: insulation
- How can I super insulate my floor – part two: preparation
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Improvements
- High levels of insulation in the walls, roof and floor
- New brick wall to create second cavity for insulation
- High levels of airtightness
- Mechanical Ventilation with Heat Recovery (MVHR)
- Triple glazed windows
- Solar PV
- Solar thermal
- Thermal store
- Wood burning boiler stove
- Under floor heating
- LED lighting
- Low flow plumbing
- New kitchen
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Category Archives: Airtightness
How can I super insulate my floor – part two: preparation
Before getting to work on the insulation for the floor there were various steps we needed to do first including; foundations for the column, drainage pipes, air supply pipes and damp proof membrane. We dug a hole to pour a … Continue reading
How can I super insulate my roof – part three: roof covering & solar
Insulation is more effective if wind is prevented from blowing through it. We therefore taped all the joints of the roofing membrane to try to keep the loft wind-tight. All the joints had to be taped with the extremely sticky … Continue reading
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