2nd June 2010: Floor insulation

It was decided that a practical and cost effective solution to installing the floor insulation would be to install standard sized VIPs panels where possible and 40mm Kingspan phenolic insulation in the left over spaces. This would have negligible affect on the overall u-value and could potentially have a positive affect should bespoke VIPs panels be produced and then found to not fit properly due to inaccuracies in measurements, thus leaving gaps in the floor where no insulation would lie. This solution will also be much more cost-effective than having expensive bespoke panels made. Finally it seemed a much more practical solution on site as it is easy to cut and re-use pieces of phenolic insulation.