The February 2012 issue of NHBC Standards Extra contains important information regarding the ventilation requirement given in Section 7.2 of the 2011 NHBC Standard. Section 7.2 requires the provision of 5mm high level ventilation for roofs using vapour permeable underlays, however...

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As you may have read, Jablite Dynamic Frame is our latest thermal product.

We are interested in project trials, so if you feel you may have a suitable project then please contact us for further information.

In order to help show how our products are use and placed within the constuction we are building a 3D model of a house for you to interact with. Our house contains some of our newest products along with some of our newly updated products. Why not go over and check out what's happening in the industry and how our products have adapted to meet these regulatory changes.

 The subject of Climate change is very topical with the government striving to reduce the energy used in buildings through ever tightening of Building regulations. The construction industry is sometimes slow to adopt change and can be conservative due to experiences of failed “new” products being introduced into the market without robust testing being done.

The need to save energy is in everyone’s interest and this has led to many new developments including renewable energy, in the form of solar panels, PV, geothermal etc. along with new insulations such as Aerogels, multifoils, vacuum panels etc.

One particularly interesting new insulation system offers a lot of advantages and appears to solve a lot of the conundrums that the industry has been wrestling with for many years-