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A guest post from our friend Lucas Johnson of Vali Homes How I Met the Havelock Flock In the before times, when we met in person over drinks at busy...

What is a takeoff exactly? It is a measurement of material requirements often based on plans or architectural drawings. It applies to all materials that will be needed for the...

Building a healthy, high-performance home can be a daunting task. Advancements in building science have created many different approaches, techniques, materials, and yes, opinions on how to build effe...

Insulation installation is a crowded and underappreciated space. It is also one that detests change. It is hugely competitive – ie single-digit margins, which is probably the tallest hurdle for...

So you are ready to insulate your living space and R-Value is top of mind. And rightfully so, it is the most widely accepted measure of insulation and often aligns...

The insulation industry is bigger than most people think. When we started Havelock Wool estimates were that the US market would grow to some $16bn in 3-5 years. An industry...

As we have written about before , the impact of the built environment on global carbon emissions is massive. Building materials, construction, and operations are responsible for some 40% of...

The building industry is oft subject to increases throughout the calendar year but product availability is rarely an issue. These times are clearly unprecedented, at least for recent generations, so...

We turned 7 this year and finally had our break out party. Last year was great, a double on the one before, but it’s 2020, and a 350% rise in...

Walls used to be walls. A simple protector from the outside – wind, rain, cold, heat… you know the elements. Primitively, they were porous and inefficient though long-lasting given an...

There is an interesting development in the UK which could bode well for the use of wool in home and commercial insulation, not just there but also here in the...

Home improvement might be marginally better than sitting in traffic. It is also how we run into operational problems at home. I’ll get to it tomorrow is how problems arise...