One of the challenges for a timber-framed house is that while you can insulate it well, it has very little “thermal mass”. This means that if you open a door and all the warm air rushes out (during winter), or rushes in (during summer), then the insulation is for nothing. Thermal mass helps to buffer [...]
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Rammed earth walls
Posted in Renovating the house, Saving the environment, tagged concrete, rammed earth, rammed earth walls, thermal mass on July 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
