Floor Insulation

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Delivery of ground floor insulation; the thinner sheets go down first, 
around any pipes such as the feed from the rainwater harvesting tank to the washing machine.

Thick, black polythene goes on top of the first layer with the thick insulation laid on top of that.
We will be as warm as toast.

On the top floor we are using Actis Triso Sols; this is made up of multi-layered films, only a few microns thick.  These layers, which are separated by wadding, foam, sheep's woll etc, are sewn together to form a thin insulating blanket.  It is three to five times thinner than traditional thick insulation (including air spaces) but performs to the same standard, which is great for us as our ceilings are at a minimal height.

On the top floor we have much thinner, layered insulation (it looks a bit like flaky pastry).
Matt and his team have now started on the underfloor heating.

Underfloor heating manifold in the cupboard on the landing.

Windows update:  The MD of PeelGard came to see us on Wednesday and spent the entire morning cleaning the windows - effort that was very much appreciated.  We are still pursuing the low tack tape route, but Andrew left us another tub of PeelGard which if we apply and peel off again before it rains, does leave us with clean windows.  We still don't know why this happened (the product is 80 years old) but we believe it may have reacted with the cleaning fluid used by Ecohaus Internorm.