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Mass Timber Comes Home: CLT Extensions and Roof Storeys

Renovations

📅 2026-10-10 08:42:28.085549 👁️ 40 reads

Mass Timber Comes Home: CLT Extensions and Roof Storeys

Cross-laminated timber has moved from 80-metre towers to single-family extensions. Why its weight, speed and carbon profile fit renovation — and the details on fire, acoustics and moisture that still need designing.

#CLT #cross laminated timber #mass timber

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Acoustic Materials at Home: Felt Panels, Slatted Walls, Wood Wool and Mass

Renovations

📅 2026-10-10 08:42:28.085549 👁️ 40 reads

Acoustic Materials at Home: Felt Panels, Slatted Walls, Wood Wool and Mass

Slatted acoustic walls are the most visible interior trend of the decade, but they solve only one of two acoustic problems. What absorbs echo, what blocks the neighbours, and the numbers on the data sheets.

#acoustics #soundproofing #acoustic panels

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Low-VOC Paints and Indoor Air: Labels, Limits and What "Zero" Means

Safety & Codes

📅 2026-10-10 08:42:28.085549 👁️ 41 reads

Low-VOC Paints and Indoor Air: Labels, Limits and What "Zero" Means

Nearly every wall paint sold in Europe is now "low VOC", so the claim alone says little. The legal limits, the emission classes that go further, and the other products in a renovation that emit more than paint.

#VOC #low-VOC paint #indoor air quality

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Renovations

📅 2026-10-10 08:42:28.085549 👁️ 13 reads

Underfloor Heating in Existing Homes: Low-Profile Retrofit Systems

Wet underfloor heating used to need 60–80 mm of new screed. Retrofit systems now add 15–25 mm, pair well with heat pumps and can go over an existing floor. The outputs, build-ups and limits in numbers.

#underfloor heating #retrofit #low profile

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