When it comes to what's in insulation and what it's made of, the answer will depend on the type of insulation. Its make up, in turn, will impact where its best used. And so it's important to ...

Q: Is it a good or bad idea to insulate house walls if the exterior is brick and the interior is plaster? It’s been recommended that we insulate our walls. The house was built in the 1940s. The ...

Internal wall insulation isn't for every home. While it's easy to assume insulating every surface in your home will lead to greater energy efficiency, it isn't the case with internal wall insulation.

IF YOUR home was built after 1920 but not in the last 10 years then it might be an un-insulated cavity wall house. If there is a small gap or `cavity' between the two layers of walls, they are `cavity ...

The cost of living crisis has seen many of us tightening our belts to save a bit of money on heating bills and one way you can do this is by ensuring your house is properly insulated. Birmingham-based ...

If you have a garage and are looking for extra living/working space, you can transform it in no time at all. Rather than building an extension, a garage is a ready-to-work with space just waiting to ...

The gatehouse of a building complex in Braunschweig’s Nord­stadt that is protected as ­a historic ensemble needed an ­energy upgrade by means of an ETICS system. The task at hand was to faithfully ...

I live in a 1960s bungalow which I have insulated as much as I am able to (proper thickness loft insulation, blown polystyrene wall cavity insulation and double-glazed doors and windows). My problem ...

Q: Our 1920s bungalow has a small front closet that is punched out from the wall of the house so that the box of the closet extends past the exterior walls. This leaves the three walls and floor in ...