#Insulation

Peter Apps

PeteApps

This is a pretty extraordinary revelation from today at the inquiry.When the NHBC (the country's largest building control body) threatened to tell the market about Kingspan's combustible insulation was non-compliant

Peter Apps

PeteApps

This morning's #Grenfelll inquiry evidence mostly surrounds emails Ashton replied to in 2014 regarding cavity barriers + insulation. Critically, it's about his failure to make clear combustible insulation wasn't acceptable

Dr Jonathan Evans FIMechE

Jonatha135113

If you enjoyed the Inside Housing reporting on the history of Approved Document B that led to Grenfell materials being possible, here's a brief summary of the AD B changes

Jim Pickard

PickardJE

home insulation may not be very *rock n roll* but few experts believe UK can hit its 2050 "net zero carbon" target without huge programme of upgrading draughty old homes:Boris

Es Tresidder

EsTresidder

Fun air testing my house with the kids present in order to have a baseline before #insulation and #airtightness work starts on our #EnerPHit #Retrofit project. Existing window frames very

Financial Independence Tutor

FIJohnson1

Homeowners in the UK!Fancy £5-10K to spend on your house and cut your future cost of living!?Let me tell you how! Rishi Sunak has announced the Green Homes Grant.This

Greg Jericho

GrogsGamut

Just a reminder the Royal Commission set up by the Abbott Govt into the scheme found the incidence of fires fell under the home insulation program.https://twitter.com/liberalaus/status/1314127233062113285 This is why I

AltYellowstoneNatPar

AltYelloNatPark

These days with all the renewable options, almost any new home can be build to a net zero carbon emissions standard. Between Solar GeothermalThermoelectric Wind And the restYour new home

Peter Apps

PeteApps

Another near miss. All too frequent a sight in recent weeks. The questions for me would be: what materials (insulation?) were present in the roof? And what went wrong with

foone

Foone

I got my new mouse on september 14th and today, october 7th, the mouse wheel is squeaking like a motherfucker and has been for days. now I gotta disassemble and

Fred Scharmen

sevensixfive

Good article, but these buildings are very different from one another. Some form a street productively, some don't. Their formal languages and the way they use materials are different. Some

Scott Wolford

thescottwolford

I've written a few things on leader turnover and war, all of which hinge on the idea that incumbents can't fully pre-commit their successors to inherited foreign policies. This piece

Ladybird Diner

ladybirddiner

The dream was never static. Fires, floods in the basement, never not something to fix. A viral pandemic was unexpected, but the dream leaves room for the unforeseen, demands that

Taylor Dotson

dots_t

Previous owner went through the trouble of turning the carport into a room, but thought insulating the ceiling was too much of a bother. For some reason I decided that

Friends of the Earth

friends_earth

How did the party leaders do in responding to the nature and #ClimateEmergency with their answers in the #ClimateDebate? Follow this thread for our verdicts... (in alphabetical order of the

a comely maiden

comradehapsburg

Every bathroom should be split into two sections, with the shower/tub and toilet behind separate doors with the sink outside.Having it all combined is an incredibly stupid waste of space