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(clockwise from top left) The ground floor features 400 mm Kore EPS insulation under 100 mm reinforced concrete slab; a Siga Majpell vapour control and airtight layer protects the building against excessive moisture penetration; the 45 mm service cavity fulfilled with mineral wool insulation; airtight detailing to prevent the joist ends causing avoidable infiltration; Ampatop Protecta plus membrane fitted to the roof; the timber frame structure coming together

The original house was built in 1952 and required a major overhaul both inside and out; the ground floor features 300 mm platinum EPS insulation under a 100 mm concrete slab.

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This is an exciting step, as most of the team have gotten very used to the white of the EPS insulation over the last few months.

EPS insulation is classified by type: Type I is lowest in density and strength and Type X is highest.

100 % Recycled, high density, versatile EPS insulation material that combines stability with thermal protection.

Vapor - permeable, high density, versatile EPS insulation material that combines stability with thermal protection.

Architect (planning drawings & project supervision): Mola Architecture Architect (working drawings & passive house details): Natalie Walsh Contractor: Pat Doran Construction M&E engineer: Ethos Engineering Structural engineer: Garland Consultancy Passive house consultants: Integrated Energy, Target Zero Passive house certification: Mead Consulting BER: Rate My Home Quantity surveyor (client): KMCS Quantity surveyor (contractor): RTC Surveying Electrical contractor: Jones Engineering Group Plumbing: Prospect Plumbing & Heating Underfloor heating contractor: Base Engineering Underfloor heating system: Polytherm MVHR: Flynn Heat Recovery Air - to - air heat pump: Panasonic Fan coil units: Tech Refrigeration Solar thermal: Alternative Energy Ireland Airtightness testing: Greenbuild EPS insulation: Airpacks External render: Neotherm External insulation contractor: Enda Linnane Construction Mineral wool insulation: Isover Airtightness products: Siga Breather membranes: Ecological Building Systems Floor insulation: Xtratherm Thermal breaks: Partel Low thermal conductivity blocks: Quinnlite Roof insulation & airtightness contractor: Baker & Co Windows & doors: Rationel Curtain walling: Lakeside Windows Roof windows: Tradecraft Pet door: Petwalk Polished concrete floor: Renobuild Roofing: Christy McMahon Carpentry

U-value: 3 W / m2K After: 200 mm silver aged KORE EPS insulation and acrylic render finish externally, 215 mm brickwork, 50 mm uninsulated service cavity inside.

While the house is essentially a retrofit, with external EPS insulation to the original brick walls, large sections were rebuilt with concrete blockwork and insulated in the same manner.

Upgraded walls: Original 232 mm thick concrete panel walls externally insulated with Baumit system including 200 mm / 250 mm Aerobord Platinum EPS insulation.

This means that if the EPS insulation in an exterior building wall is «bridged» by a steel plate across an area which comprises just one tenth of one percent of the wall's total area, more heat can flow through the steel plate than the entire rest of the wall!»

After: Original insulated cavity wall retained followed externally by 150 mm Kingspan Platinum EPS insulation and K - Rend render finish.

U-Value: 0.10 W / m2K Walls: Weber external render on 100 mm Neopor graphite EPS insulation mechanically fixed to Amvic ICF system, comprising 63 mm Neopor graphite EPS, 150 mm concrete core (200 mm core on retaining walls), 63 mm Neopor EPS, finished inside with 15 mm Gypsum Rigidur boards on 15 mm metal top hat.

After: Plustherm 200 mm graphite EPS insulation and K - Rend external finish externally to all walls, plus Walltite CV100 foam insulation in the unfilled cavity walls.

Not exact matches

(clockwise from top left) installation of 150 mm of PIR insulation to the original ground floor; solar thermal panels on the upgraded roof supply domestic hot water for the renovated cottage; installation of the Plustherm graphite EPS external insulation system to the gable wall; Green Building Store Ultra tripleglazed timber windows set into the external insulation layer to prevent thermal bridging; the Ultra windows in place prior to the installation of the external insulation.

The foundation wall is insulated with unfaced XPS or EPS rigid insulation on the interior.

XPS / EPS / high density mineral wool insulation is installed under the foundation slab.

``... steel conducts heat about 1200 times better than expanded polystyrene (EPS) rigid insulation.

Under slab insulation is EPS.

U-value: 1 W / m2K After: 70 mm Platinum EPS bead insulation to cavity, followed inside by 50 mm Xtratherm internal insulation, vapour barrier, 25 mm Xtratherm insulation.

1 Wolf Easi - Joists in the roof for organised installation of services; 2 Windows bracketed externally onto blocks to reduce cold bridging; 3 The walls are externally insulated with 200 mm Xtratherm platinum EPS 100 insulation; 4 EPS brought up into eaves to meet roof insulation; 5 Airtight parge coat to walls, with Intello membrane to ceiling and battening for the Gypframe ceiling to contain services inside the airtight layer; 6 Cooper Insulation's Wincon unit, which enabled the Linham team to test for obvious air leakage points as thinsulation; 4 EPS brought up into eaves to meet roof insulation; 5 Airtight parge coat to walls, with Intello membrane to ceiling and battening for the Gypframe ceiling to contain services inside the airtight layer; 6 Cooper Insulation's Wincon unit, which enabled the Linham team to test for obvious air leakage points as thinsulation; 5 Airtight parge coat to walls, with Intello membrane to ceiling and battening for the Gypframe ceiling to contain services inside the airtight layer; 6 Cooper Insulation's Wincon unit, which enabled the Linham team to test for obvious air leakage points as thInsulation's Wincon unit, which enabled the Linham team to test for obvious air leakage points as they worked.

The easiest way seems to be to put EPS rigid foam insulation boards under the roof sheathing and above the rafters (open rafters, no drywall in ceiling).

Walls: Kabe acrylic render system, followed inside by 200 mm Xtratherm platinum EPS 100 insulation, 200 mm Quinn Lite blocks (rendered internally for airtightness with taping at junction), battens & Gyproc plasterboard.

1 The Rochestown House flats prior to the refurbishment; 2 aerated concrete blocks were chosen to form new build elements, including a new third storey that allows for more generous apartment sizes; 3 new triple - glazed windows were installed outside the masonry layer so that the external insulation could wrap around them, and help prevent thermal bridging; 4 the airtightness layer was moved to the outside of the structure by taping the joints of the existing concrete panels, then extending that tape up onto the aerated blocks in the new floor; 5 Aerobord platinum EPS external insulation being fitted to the original concrete panel walls; 6 & 7 the new window frames visible here in the external insulation layer, including Rockwool fire breaks; 8 openings for exhaust and supply intakes for the new Zehnder heat recovery ventilation system, seen here prior to being insulated and airtightened; 9 installation of the Bauder bitumen roofing membrane.

As a building and construction insulation product, EPS provides great performance at a price point that delivers quick return on energy efficiency investment.

The regulators will push their case that although HBCDD is safely isolated in materials like expanded polystyrene (EPS) and extruded polystyrene (XPS) insulation, the large amounts used in buildings will leave a legacy of waste to be dealt with at demolition or restoration.

Architects: Gresford Architects Project Manager: Trunk Low Energy Building Passive house certifier: Warm Timber frame: MBC Timber Frame Insulated foundations: KORE Structural engineer: Tanner Structural Design Glazing: Ideal Combi MVHR: Green Building Store General fit out & contractor: Husker Ltd Electric contractor: Nightingale Electrical Building society: Ecology Building Society Thermal bridge assessor: Passivate M&E consultant: Crofton Landscape architect: New British Landscapes Airtightness products: Siga Roofing membrane: Partel OSB & sheathing boards: Coillte Panel Products Wall & roof insulation: Springvale EPS Mineral wool insulation: Knauf Thermal blocks: Foamglas

Floor edge insulation: Against all existing retained walls (internal and external) 150 mm Platinum EPS taken from underside of slab level all the way down to the footings (approx. 700 - 800 mm vertically), applied internally to external walls and both sides of internal walls.

The passageway on one side and the garage on the other were so narrow that we had to choose between aiming for Enerphit with phenolic foam insulation or abandoning Enerphit altogether and using EPS or something more natural (we ultimately went with phenolic).

The build method chosen was traditional with a twist: block, but with an extra-wide 250 mm cavity pumped with EPS platinum bead insulation.

Slab edge insulation 100 mm Platinum EPS, screed edges 35 mm foil faced PIR edge insulation.