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Materials to Watch: Mycelium, Low-Carbon Concrete, 3D-Printed Walls and Smart Glass

Renovations

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

Materials to Watch: Mycelium, Low-Carbon Concrete, 3D-Printed Walls and Smart Glass

Four material technologies regularly appear in renovation headlines. Where each one actually stands in 2026 — commercially available, pilot, or laboratory — and what a homeowner can realistically order today.

#emerging materials #mycelium #low-carbon concrete

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Recycled Materials Move Into Kitchens, Floors and Walls

Renovations

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

Recycled Materials Move Into Kitchens, Floors and Walls

Recycled-content surfaces have left the eco-showroom and entered mainstream renovations, helped by EU product rules that now demand environmental data. What is actually in these materials, how they perform and what they cost.

#recycled materials #recycled glass #terrazzo

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Solar Roof Tiles and Integrated PV: The Facts Behind the Look

Energy Efficiency

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

Solar Roof Tiles and Integrated PV: The Facts Behind the Look

Solar tiles and in-roof panels promise electricity without the bolted-on look. They deliver — at a lower output per square metre and a higher price per kilowatt. The numbers to weigh when the roof is being replaced anyway.

#solar roof tiles #BIPV #in-roof solar

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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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Energy Efficiency

📅 2026-10-10 08:42:28.085549 👁️ 38 reads

Roof Upgrades: Cool Roofs, Green Roofs and Getting PV-Ready

A roof lasts 30–60 years, so a re-roof is the moment to decide its next functions: insulation level, reflectivity, planting and solar. The facts and loads behind each option.

#roof renovation #cool roof #green roof

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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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Large-Format and Thin Porcelain Tiles: Tiling Over Old Tiles

Renovations

📅 2026-10-10 08:42:28.085549 👁️ 38 reads

Large-Format and Thin Porcelain Tiles: Tiling Over Old Tiles

Tiles have grown to 120 × 120 cm and slimmed to 6 mm. Both changes make it possible to re-tile a bathroom or floor without stripping the old tiles — provided flatness, adhesive class and joints follow the numbers.

#porcelain tiles #large format tiles #thin tiles

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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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Breathable Finishes: Lime Plaster, Clay Plaster, Limewash and Silicate Paint

Renovations

📅 2026-10-10 08:42:28.085549 👁️ 19 reads

Breathable Finishes: Lime Plaster, Clay Plaster, Limewash and Silicate Paint

Mineral and earth finishes are back in European renovation for a measurable reason: they move moisture and resist mould. What each material does, where it must not be used, and how to tell a real limewash from a paint that only looks like one.

#lime plaster #clay plaster #limewash

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Decking Materials: Composite, Thermowood, Modified Softwood or Hardwood

DIY Tips

📅 2026-10-10 08:42:28.085549 👁️ 18 reads

Decking Materials: Composite, Thermowood, Modified Softwood or Hardwood

Composite boards have taken a large share of the European decking market, but every material has measurable strengths. Durability classes, surface heat, expansion, span and cost in one comparison.

#decking #composite decking #WPC

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