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21st April – Vacupor insulation

Apr 21 2011 in Uncategorized by bere:architects

Vacupor insulation

The Vacupor insulation has been applied to the ground floor slab at Passfield Drive. Vacupor is a vacuum foil insulation which has very low thermal conductivity enabling us to achieve a low U – Value in the floor whilst only adding 25mm to the height of the floor. The manufacturers state that Vacupor has a [...]

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25th March – External Insulation and Temperature Probe

Apr 13 2011 in Uncategorized by bere:architects

The north elevation, with parge coated applied, ready for the application of external insulation.

    The parge coat for the external insulation has been applied at Passfield Drive and application of the external insulation has commenced. The grey parge coat is a Polymer-modified cement based leveling coat and is applied directly to the existing face of the external walls prior to the external insulation to ensure that no [...]

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bere:architects’ Retrofits For The Future documentary

Apr 4 2011 in Uncategorized by bere:architects

3 Passfield Drive before work began on the retrofit

    bere:architects have been producing a video documentary about their  Retrofit for the Future projects. Please watch the first episode of the Retrofits for the Future video documentary at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiAp17uwP2c Please visit bere:architects other retrofitdiaries.org blog at: http://hounslowpassivhausretrofit.retrofitdiaries.org www.bere.co.uk   TweetReport This Post

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