Blog
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Who Can Install My Havelock Wool?
We get this question a lot. The immediate answer is “You can!” We’ve gone to great lengths to make our insulation DIY friendly, especially our blown-in product. We’ve got a...
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Real People, Real Wool, Real Walls
Our friend Jon insulates his workspace in the mountains of western North Carolina Havelock Wool Blown-In Insulation in Action Jon, what’s the background on this project? We live in the...
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Blown-in Insulation and Batt Insulation. What’s the difference? Updated June 2023
When we started Havelock Wool we were adamant about offering the two main types of insulation, batts and blown-in (loose fill). There are advantages to each and we wanted to...
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Common Applications for Havelock Wool
You asked, we listened. Here are detailed architectural drawings for some common applications for Havelock Wool insulation in your home. To produce these drawings, we worked closely with our good...
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Wool Innovation with Sonoma Wool Company
We’re not the only company that loves wool and understands its advantages over synthetic, man-made products. Amy Chesnut and her team at Sonoma Wool Company are true wool experts and...
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How do I insulate my crawl space?
This question has always been a tough one and coincidentally it has been a hot topic lately. We’ve received multiple calls in the last few weeks from varying climate zones...
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Moderate Energy Retrofits
As a building material company, we attend some pretty cool industry conferences. These are typically in-depth events designed for trade professionals like architects, builders, and designers. We often...
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Sustainable Building Science in Action
If sustainable building science is your guide, how would you build? One clear example is the Vali Homes Mews project in Phoenix Arizona. A Bit of Background We’ve known Lucas...
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Vapor Barriers and Moisture Management in Vans
After insulating over 30,000 vans for the past 9 years and partnering with over 300 professional van upfitters, we’ve learned a thing or two about van science. Here is our...
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Meet Brett from Chewy Design Co – A Havelock Wool Partner
Ever wonder who the professional van upfitters are that use Havelock Wool? We’ve met a lot of them over the years and everyone has a unique story and process. A...
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DIY Acoustic Panels for Walls
Havelock Wool absorbs sound incredibly well. This performance characteristic is often overlooked as insulation’s main job is to insulate. However, insulation can also help create a quiet living space,...
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Discovering Mold in Your Walls – Part 1
“You better come over here…. we have a problem in the closet” And with that simple statement from my wife our odyssey into mold removal and remediation began. We’ve had...