September 2020 saw our team embark on the long trip to Scotland to add some much-needed insulation to a remote bungalow built in 1972, in Cupar, near Perth.

Having left very early on the first day and residing locally during the remainder of that week, enabled the men to achieve a much needed 12-hour day to get the job done!

With the journey time to Cupar completed in just under ten hours, there was still enough time to embark on setting up and commencing on the difficult access elevation on the bungalow due to the many plants and shrubs.

After removing the many redundant cedar wood shingles, fixing battens and fibre/insulation board from the wall, fibre-glass quilt was then used to snuggly fill the narrow wall void. The carefully removed existing insulation/fibre board was then fixed back in place, in addition to a further layer of 25mm Celotex insulation. A breather house-wrap membrane and battens were fixed to the walls and the new cedar wood shingles were fixed in place and dressed with Texnap 22 nourishing oil on completion.

The western gable end and a small section on the southerly side was completed all in one week.  Work will resume in five weeks and in seven weeks’ time when the team return to commence on the installation of sixteen new windows and further thermal insulation improvements. Watch this space!