What constitutes a ‘healthy’ home?
Health is really important to all of us, yet many of us live in houses with poor internal environments. Some of this is our own fault – we clean using dangerous chemicals; we allow properties to get into a poor …
Tag: thermal mass
Home Grown Hemp is back
Hemp insulation is a fine alternative for the more commonly known sheep’s wool insulation, but in the past it has had some issues. The main one being that it was manufactured in France. So the UK grown hemp was being …
Thermal Mass or Lightweight Build?
Timber framed houses are regarded as being low in thermal mass Stone houses are thought of as high in thermal mass Thermal mass is a simple idea but is actually complex in nature. The general idea runs thus: Lots of …
Barn conversions and the system
Wales is home to a large number of barn conversions. The old stone barns look really attractive in their rural setting and the materials used create the local vernacular. The old stone walls are the main feature of the barns …
Are solid walls really that bad at insulating?
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 …