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InsideOut garden offices and Breathing Technology

There are three eco friendly steps to a warm, dry, ‘breathing’ garden office or granny flat: -

1. Air Circulation.

  • InsideOut eco friendly garden offices and outbuildings are architect-designed with  vented walls and roof. Air circulates in the air gap between the outer wall cladding, the cedar roofing tiles, and the main structure of the garden offices. Air also circulates under the suspended floor. This avoids ‘cold spots’ where natural moisture may collect.

2. Natural Migration.

Insulating breather membrane

  • All our eco friendly garden offices, guest rooms and granny annexes are wrapped in an insulating permeable vapour membrane. The membrane acts as a breathable cagoule – It allows natural moisture to migrate out of the garden offices –retaining a dry atmosphere inside. It also increases the *U Value and provides additional insulation. Conventional buildings create condensation by using impermeable insulation materials, membranes and wallboards.

3. Insulation Quality and U Values.

  • Double layers of eco friendly insulation. InsideOut Buildings are insulated to 2006 Building Regulations Standards for new houses and public buildings. InsideOut's eco friendly garden offices, guest rooms and granny annexes are better insulated than homes and public buildings built before 2006.

InsideOut Buildings for eco-friendly garden offices.
 
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*Understanding U Values.

Insulation is measured in ‘U Values’. The U Value is a measure of how much heat passes out of the walls, floor and roof. 

The lower the U Value, the more heat is kept in by the wall, floor or roof. Our eco friendly garden offices have lower U Values than required by the current Building Regulations for new houses and extensions.

The Building Regulations require the following U Values for new houses: -

Roof   = 0.20 | Our roof U value = 0.14 using 200mm of insulation.

Floor = 0.22 | Our floor U value = 0.16 using 200mm of insulation.

Walls = 0.30 | Our wall U value = 0.30 using 100mm of insulation.