Blog
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Quick Update from Havelock Wool
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...
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The Wall System Evolution
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...
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Wool Insulation Going Mainstream
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...
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Home Improvement
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...
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Energy Transfer 101
We have an online forum for our vanlife community to share ideas and experiences around using Havelock Wool. Every so often there is a post that we just have to...
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Does your insulation store carbon?
As we have written about, the carbon emissions of Havelock Wool stack up extremely favorably compared to any other insulation material. It’s easy to understand as our raw material is...
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We’ve learned quite a bit in 7 years….time to share.
We’ve been at this for 7 years. We began surrounded by building industry vets and were happy to keep our ears open and our mouths shut. We sat, we listened...
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The Havelock Wool LCA / EPD
After a bit of hard work and investment, we have published the Havelock Wool EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) and LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) . We began this endeavor at the...
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Havelock Wool is Mold Resistant
In this post we won’t get into why mold is a bad thing for your living space. This topic is widely covered and frankly there is not a lot of...
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Havelock Wool is Fire Resistant
One of the most common questions we get about wool insulation is what about fire resistance ? It’s a crucial factor when considering any building material, especially insulation which sits...
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Behind the Studs with Havelock Wool
We were lucky to be invited onto the Behind the Studs podcast , hosted by Colin Shaw and Jimmy Driscoll, two great homebuilders and remodelers from Connecticut. Their podcast covers...
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The Havelock Wool Story – in a 3 minute video!
We started Havelock Wool because we saw an opportunity to effect positive change by re-introducing an incredibly dynamic fiber into the built environment. It has been a long and rewarding...