Author: AndyL
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Awaab’s Law Phase 2: What Changes in November 2026?
REGULATIONS / MY WARM HOME Awaab’s Law Phase 2: What changes from November 2026? From 30 November 2026, Phase 2 of Awaab’s Law extends the duties placed on social landlords in England to a much broader range of serious housing hazards. PHASE 2 30 NOVEMBER 2026 SOCIAL HOUSING / ENGLAND 01 30 Nov 2026 Phase…
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Thermal Values explained.
A practical homeowner guide to U-values, R-values, thermal conductivity and insulation thickness, explaining what the numbers mean and why lower or higher values matter.
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UK Property History.
A home’s age can reveal useful clues about its construction, moisture behaviour and retrofit risks. Use the period as a starting point, then investigate the building itself.
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Who is qualified?
How to choose a competent retrofit installer: check qualifications, compare specifications, understand the proposed work and make sure the important details are recorded in writing.
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Technical Monitoring
Technical monitoring checks whether retrofit work has been designed, installed and evidenced properly, including ventilation, moisture risk, controls, safety and handover.
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Coastal Considerations
Installing a heat pump near the coast needs extra thought. Salt exposure, location, airflow, noise, corrosion protection and manufacturer requirements all matter.
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Awaab’s Law
Healthy homes / Tenant safety / England Awaab’s Law: a safer home starts with action Social landlords in England now have legal deadlines to investigate significant damp and mould and make homes safe. Here is what tenants can expect, and why fixing the cause matters. The law is named in memory of two-year-old Awaab Ishak,…
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Pas 2030/35
01 Assess Understand the property, its construction, condition, ventilation and the people living in it. 02 Plan Decide which improvements are suitable and how they should work together. 03 Install Install the agreed measures using the correct products, details and workmanship. 04 Check Commission, inspect and hand the work over with the relevant information and…
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Calculator For Radiator Sizing.
UK Radiator Selector Tool (we have used stelrad radiators for this) Room Heat Requirement (W) System Flow Temperature (°C) Boiler (70°C)Heat Pump (45–55°C)Low Temp Heat Pump (35°C) Select Radiator Type K1 / Type 11P+ / Type 21K2 / Type 22K3 / Type 33 Suggest Radiators Related reading Technical side of Heat Pumps. Thousands of homes…
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Understanding Design and Sizing of Our Heating Systems..
HEATING DESIGN / MY WARM HOME Efficiency should define affordability. Designing any heating or renewable system—whether it is a heat pump, electric storage, gas boiler, unvented cylinder, underfloor heating or radiator system—must begin with a single guiding principle: efficiency comes first. HEAT LOSS SYSTEM DESIGN RADIATORS + ΔT 01 The science Heating design should be…
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