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Behind the Studs with Havelock Wool

May 28, 2020 by Andrew Legge Leave a Comment

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…

Filed Under: sustainable building, Wool Insulation Tagged With: batt installation, healthy home, wool insulation

The Havelock Wool Story – in a 3 minute video!

April 24, 2020 by Andrew Legge 4 Comments

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…

Filed Under: sustainable building, Wool Insulation Tagged With: batt installation, healthy home, wool insulation

The Definitive Havelock Wool Insulation Installation Videos

April 2, 2020 by Andrew Legge 6 Comments

We are excited to share our new Havelock Wool installation videos with you. We get many questions about the specifics of installing Havelock Wool and…

Filed Under: sustainable building, Wool Insulation Tagged With: batt installation, healthy home, wool insulation

Why Wool Works

October 31, 2019 by Andrew Legge 2 Comments

There are many unique qualities of the wool fiber that make it a high-performing insulation – moisture management, air filtration, sound absorption, fire resistance. One…

Filed Under: sustainable building, Wool Insulation Tagged With: healthy home, sound absorption, wool insulation

Sound Absorption

October 22, 2019 by Andrew Legge 4 Comments

A Noise Reduction Coefficient (NRC) is a rating for how much sound a material absorbs. The higher the rating, the better the sound absorption. So…

Filed Under: sustainable building, Wool Insulation Tagged With: healthy home, sound absorption, wool insulation

A Quick Video : Installing Batt Insulation

September 20, 2019 by Andrew Legge 1 Comment

You’ve probably never installed home batt insulation and frankly probably hope life will stay that way. To make matters worse, just google “installing batt insulation”…

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Misaligned Interests : Today’s Insulation Installation Industry

August 15, 2019 by Andrew Legge

Misaligned Interests This week we’d like to give our perspective on the insulation installation industry. After six years of working closely with these companies, we’ve…

Filed Under: insulation measurement, sustainable building, Wool Insulation Tagged With: healthy building, healthy home, insulation installation, wool insulation

40% of Carbon Emissions Originate in the Built Environment

August 8, 2019 by Andrew Legge

Despite compelling evidence, science and everyday events there are some folks that remain unconvinced concerning climate change. We are not here to try and change…

Filed Under: sustainable building, Wool Insulation Tagged With: healthy building, healthy home, wool insulation

Does R-value even matter?

July 31, 2019 by Andrew Legge

What is R-value? Put simply, R-value is a metric used to judge thermal insulation performance. It’s expressed as a number and the higher the R-value,…

Filed Under: r value, sustainable building, Wool Insulation Tagged With: healthy building, healthy home, wool insulation

Why Wool in 100 Seconds

July 24, 2019 by Andrew Legge 2 Comments

We’ve spent a long time trying to boil the why wool topic down to something easy and even a bit fun to view. Ideally, you…

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A Few Proud Moments at Havelock Wool

June 4, 2019 by Andrew Legge

On the back of a few recent events, we wanted to share two proud moments here at Havelock Wool. Both involve families with young kids…

Filed Under: Wool Insulation Tagged With: healthy building, healthy home, wool insulation

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