Architecture Essentials
LOFTZONE: INVENTION OF THE YEAR 2013 Loft insulation stops heat going out your loft, right? Wrong. Because recent research has shown that loft insulation isn’t working in 80% of homes. This is because householders use the loft for storage and access, and squash the insulation with boxes and boards. The research (by the National Physical Laboratory and Carbon Trust) showed that this halves the insulation’s thermal performance, and wastes a power station’s worth of energy across the UK. It’s also an eyesore, and the loft becomes a dusty, unpleasant, untidy, zone. But pioneering British company, LoftZone, is on a mission to change that. To protect insulation from compression, and to provide safe access, LoftZone has brought to market a raised deck, called StoreFloor. It is popular Best New Invention at the Ideal Home Show, but has also been designed for the trade, being fast to install and also very strong. Moreover, LoftZone is the only solution on the market that complies with Building Regulations Parts K, L and P,Working at Height and CDM Regulations, and so it is no surprise that it is
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