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    61warwalllondon commented on the post, Modern terraced house in London Docklands, built 1992, on the site Retrofit for the Future Diaries 2 months, 3 weeks ago

    Contractor was Lakehouse Contracts Ltd.
    For the internal insulation to the front wall and the party walls in the loft, we used rigid PIR insulation by Xtratherm with separate VCL, battens and plasterboard.
    For the […]

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    61warwalllondon wrote a new blog post: Modern terraced house in London Docklands, built 1992 10 months, 3 weeks ago

    ThumbnailRetrofit for living In this Retrofit, we have considered the living conditions of the residents as well as their energy use and bills. Before doing any design work, we met with them and asked their views of the existing house – what was good, what wasn’t good and how it could be improved. We also studied [...]

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