Maintenance Matters
Rhyd-y-car Terrace in St Fagans Museum of Welsh Life For those, who have not been to St Fagans in Cardiff, it is worth the trip. Great place and an ideal way to start to understand how buildings have changed over …
Tag: design
Community Work with Renew Wales
Saron Chapel in Treoes Eco Home Centre is a Rounded Developments Enterprises project. RDE is a not-for-profit organisation that does work with other partners in Wales and one of our main ones is Renew Wales (see www.renewwales.org.uk). Renew Wales is …
New Solid Wall Insulation Guide
Bristol City Council came to the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (the STBA) to address the issues associated with the Solid Wall Insulation (SWI) works that they were doing. The video and associated tools (that can be found at https://warmupbristol.co.uk/content/planning-guidance-your-home) have been …
Missing tape causes concern
Tape in buildings? Isn’t that for covering over mistakes and bodging joints? Tape has been historically used as a cover for poor workmanship, but it is now becoming a necessary tool for many modern building materials and designs. When you …
The love of a good porch
Call this a porch? Now that’s more like it! Porches are an under-rated element of a home, so often now we see a little canopy that is not even that good at keeping you slightly drier as you search for …