1. TEACHING PROGRAMME
Wood fibre board insulation
Petroc, Bolham Road, Tiverton.
WOODFIBREBOARDINSULATION
SKILLS TARGETED
Theory – properties of wood fibre board.
Practical – how to build with wood fibre board with thermal regulations in mind.
PRE-CONDITIONS
FRAMES NEED TO BE BUILT FOR FIBRE BOARDS
FEATURES OF THE OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY
Understanding the properties and use of wood fibre board relation to thermal regulations and Passivhaus
Training given by Chris Brookman, an industry expert who has achieved passivhaus standards by building with taped
wood fibre board.
SUMMERIZED PROGRAMME
Activity Teaching methods Duration
Introduction of specialist and background
- Presentation of product, wood fibre board
- talk through properties of WBF as a natural,
low impact building material
- how it can be used to achieve high standards
to comply with thermal regulations including
Passivhaus
Explain about properties of WFB and use
samples to enable participants to identify
properties and differences between
products.
Power-point presentation about Passivhaus build
using taped wood fibre board.
Explain planning processes and methods used to
ensure planned building techniques would be
successful, including workforce training.
Power-point presentation of Passive
building project, Silverton
Planning – building – problems / successes/
training of workforce.
Answer questions as necessary.
Practical workshop – how to achieve airtightness with
taped WFB.
Demonstrate and explain how to erect
taped WFB to achieve high thermal
standards.
Site visit to Passivhaus built with taped WFB. Site visit – explaining features of building
and answering any questions.
COST AND TRAINING SUPPORT
Description Quantity Unit Price VAT Amount GBP
60mm Unger Diffutherm NF - 1300 x 790mm - 1.027 sq.m 4.00 19.00 20% 76.00
60mm EPS Plinth Insulation - 1200 x 600mm 1.00 9.88 20% 9.88
UdiFIXINGS Insulated fixing for 60mm Insulation on Timber -100pcs 0.50 50.00 20% 25.00
Construction professional’s time 250.00
Subtotal 360.88
TOTAL VAT 20% 72.18
RGB order TOTAL GBP 433.06
2 No of 4.8M CLS (3x2) - £3.60 each – Total: £7.20 +VAT
20 No of 2.4M CLS (3x2) - £1.80 each – Total: £36.00 +VAT
6 No of 18mm birch ply (8x4) - £29.28 each – Total: £175.68 +VAT
5 of 4.8m (100mm x 47mm) - £7.34 each – total 36.70 + VAT
INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION
