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How to add Insulation to your home - Part 1- Ben Kerslake - BS067

Building Sustainability Podcast

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Is the Timber a Good Insulator?

The smaller the pockets of air, and the more compactlyy havee, the better an insulator itwill be. So just putting insulation between the rafters is going to get some coal bridging between the timbers. It's one of the big causes of damp that i've seen. Am, when yo, there's metal lintel pela spans from the inside of the building to the outside. A, yo, thet thet condensation that's forming on those cold bridges.

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