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Thermal Bridging
A Thermal Bridge (sometimes referred to as a Cold Bridge) is a link across an element of building fabric that leads to additional heat loss. For example there will be a form of Thermal Bridge where a ground floor meets an external wall or around a window or door reveal.
As new buildings becomes more highly insulated the proportion of heat loss through Thermal Bridging becomes greater.
Under the new Part L Building Regulations Thermal Bridging has taken on a more important role than in the past.
We are able to carry out thermal bridging calculations on your property to help it achieve a better Emission Rate (DER or BER). This means that the property will not have to be built to such a high specification elsewhere. If Thermal Bridging is not formally calculated default values have to be used in SAP & SBEM which can make it much more difficult (and expensive) to comply with the new regulations.
Thermal Bridging calculations can therefore save a significant amount on build costs.
Please call us for further information.
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