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P11 Foamed/Fibre/Bead Cavity Insulation

P11 Foamed/Fibre/ Bead Cavity Insulation
About:

Index:

Problems:

Excel Industries the UK manufacturer went into liquidation and their manufacturing plant was sold to a Polish company

Misunderstandings:

Solutions:

Find Excel Warmcel suppliers and installers and find out what they are supplying and installing now

Consider:

U Values well above Building Regulations Approved Document: L all parts
Optimum thicknesses: Passivhaus or Carbon lite or equivalent standards
natural materials: 300 – 400 mm.
Blowing or spraying cavities with cellulose fibre insulation
Newspaper: Cellulose fibre thermal insulation in walls partitions floors and roofs

Avoid:

Urea formaldehyde foam insulation
Foamed plastic insulation See Z50
Hydrophobic (rock, stone, slag and glass mineral wool) insulation in timber framed construction (can hold moisture against timber which then potentially needs to be preservative treated)

Minimise:

Value Engineering:
(getting stuff into projects)

Substitute:

Health:

Wellbeing:

Safety:

Precautionary principle:

Resource Efficiency:

Reduce:

Reclaim:

Reuse:

Recycle:

Excel Industries recycled newspaper into thermal insulation

Cellulose fibre/flake is a very effective insulation since it is blown into the void and fills the whole void, unlike inaccurately cut and fitted insulation

DIY installation in breathing floor/roof constructions

78%+ recycled Newspaper (cellulose)
Supplier: Construction Resources
Product Reference: DIY Cellulose

Thermal insulation for roof, wall, floor and ceiling voids

80% (weight) recycled newspaper
Supplier: Construction Resources
Product Reference: Isofloc L

Thermal insulation for roof, wall, floor and ceiling voids

___ % (weight) recycled newspaper
Supplier: Construction Resources
Product Reference: Isofloc S

Retrofit insulation for lofts, suspended timber floors, sloping roofs and timber frame walls

95% (volume) recycled Post-consumer newsprint
Manufacturer: Excel Industries Ltd (gone into liquidation)
Product Reference: Warmcel RF (if you can get old stock)

Recover:

Waste Issues:

Waste Catagory:

Hazardous waste:

Waste statistics:

30 m tonnes (33% of 80-110 m. tonnes/year) of waste is offcuts (not all insulation)
Blown/Injected/poured in avoids offcuts
Bag up offcuts of insulation in original packaging (for identification purposes) return to manufacturer
Off-site segregation and bulking operations can collect sufficient to return to manufacturer

End of Life options:

Appropriateness:

Competence:

Effectiveness:

Yardstick:

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