Loft Conversions are one of the favourite ways to extend a property - enabling families to stay in the property they are already living in for longer by expanding mostly on bedrooms and bathrooms and leisure / hobby rooms. Most families like where they live and want to stay there - but just run out of bedroom accommodation as their family grows, and growing up into the roof space enables them to stay in their familiar area, and still attend local schools and clubs or work pla

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that air pollution now constitutes a "public health emergency" across the world. Eight days into 2016, London breached its own legal limit for air pollution for the entire year. Under regulations, the city is allowed to exceed maximum safe limits for 18 hours a year, an allowance that had already been exhausted by 8 January! The below graphic from the i-paper shows air pollution readings for the UK taken at 7pm on Wednesday

Most new build properties and extensions built in recent years need higher levels of insulation in the roof and also great amounts of interior wall insulation and flooring insulation. Modern builds are also often required to be built with increased air tightness, and are tested once completed for air leakage and the final air tightness results contribute to SAP Calculations and through to the final Code for Sustainable Homes rating awarded to the house. But what a lot of peop