Insulation Man – the Martin Chandler story
Martin Chandler has worked in construction all his life. Some years ago he moved to Spain. He bought some land and decided to build his home himself rather than leave it to Spanish builders. The hot Spanish weather makes insulation essential. Many years later when Martin returned to the UK he noticed that his heating bills were literally going the roof and walls of his home. He decided to go for high levels of insulation and airtight construction on his home. As Martin says, "You wouldn’t open a window and start pushing £5 out through it but that’s what the average home owner in the UK does, due to a lack of airtightness and insulated build."
Martin is going to share his story with other local builders on our new ‘Sustainable Tick’ training programme and we recently filmed him at a project in Bath. See Martin’s website at www.thecleanfootprint.com We need more builders like Martin if we are going to mainstream the upgrade of our existing housing stock! As Martin's website says, "To lead the orchestra you have to turn your back on the crowd." At CESW FF we really appreciate pioneers like Martin.
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