We recently sat down with our good friend and partner Ian Horgan from Wayfarer Vans. Ian’s company is one of the preeminent van upfitters as…
sustainable building
How to Choose an Insulation Installer
For too long the consensus view has been that insulation doesn’t matter. ‘Just go the cheapest route, get it in the walls and cover it…
Insulation Terms….Make Informed Decisions
As our business grows we meet more people everyday interested in healthy building. Some are building experts but often people are just beginning to learn…
What’s so cool about wool?
Someone recently highlighted an interesting fact to us. If (insert big company name here e.g. 3M or Dupont) made a fiber that was renewable, managed…
Restoration and Insulation
There is an argument that the ultimate in sustainability is to ‘use what you have’. This certainly applies to the homes we live in. Home…
Stop Using Foam Insulation
As we’ve written before, we think foam insulation has NO place in a home. It is a toxic, high embodied carbon shortcut to insulating properly….
Vapor and Condensation – The nitty gritty (Updated April 2022)
At the avant-garde of building science there is an increasingly lively debate around the correct wall assembly to manage vapor diffusion. The conversation, though dense…
Aligned Interests
In this week’s podcast, we check in with Christine, a homeowner, mother of two and a repeat purchaser of Havelock Wool. Her compelling perspective reinforces…
Insulation Cost in Context (Updated May 2021)
Do the slightest amount of research and you will quickly find the cost of insulation varies greatly. Purchasing power and materials both play a role….
Borderline fun to install insulation
This week we sat down with our friend Cameron Reith, founder of Greenhome Solutions, a green building product supplier in Seattle. We had a great…
A Quick Look at Havelock Wool Operations
Our friend Jarrod Tocci recently dropped by our facility to take a tour and catch up with our sales guru Josh Schohn. Jarrod by way…
The Simple Path to Sustainable Building
Are sustainable building practices becoming more common? This week’s podcast is an in-depth conversation with our friend Mike Horgan of Horgan Design Build. Mike is…