Eco Home Centre specialises in eco refurbishment of properties in and around SE Wales. We have been helping people with their homes for over a decade and we know that we have a lot of advice to offer homeowners / …
Old walls can have a right old mix of surfaces on them – some old lime, some newer gypsum, paint, filler …. Trying to get an even coat of a plaster or paint over the top of this can be …
Picture courtesy of Ty Mawr Lime The difference in breathability through a wall is really important. For the past 100 years we have worked with the notion of making the outside more waterproof to stop any water from getting into …
We are researching some ideas on creating added value from waste that emanates from the refurbishment work associated with the Welsh Housing Quality Standard. Basically this is work that all the Social Landlords need to undertake to ‘improve’ the stock …
I have just been renovating one of the rooms in our house. This has meant taking off the wallpaper and stripping it back to the plaster. Aprt from the multitude of other layers of paper and paint that we uncovered, …
This is a difficult topic to write on as each house is individual – a sum of its parts, its history and of its future. So this will be a set of ideas, hints, observations rather than a definitive guide. …
This is a big problem. Insulation companies will not remove all your stuff to install new insulation, so effectively by having a load of storage in the loft, stops you from having a grant for additional insulation. So your choices. …
How to improve insulation in the loft when you have it full of stuff already. Read more »
For anyone involved in the world of building or DIY we are always being told that solid walled houses are really bad insulators. Certainly compared to modern theoretical standards of building the computer programmes tell us that old solid walls …
There are a range of issues with insulation and a major overlooked factor is decrement. Insulation values are normally measured in U (the lower the U value the better the insulative properties). This measures the thermal resistance of products from …
When doing improvements at home there is always an element of waste created. This might be in the form of plasterboard, hardcore, old furniture, wood etc. Much of this can be recycled at municipal recycling centres and this is a …
