R. Dalton Retrofit

Internal wall insulation — Airtightness membrane

Work

Photographed through, not after.

Insulation and airtightness are judged on detailing that disappears behind plasterboard. Every job here was photographed while it was still open, at the stage where you can see how it was built.

Three jobs, start to finish

Followed from bare masonry through to boarded out, stage by stage.

Insulation and airtightness

Walls lined in wood fibre, floors and ceilings insulated between the joists, and the whole envelope taped up behind it.

7 jobs · 21 photographs · open one for the full sequence

Porch airtightness — Sealed — Porch airtightnessMarch 2025

Porch airtightness — Membrane taped — Porch airtightnessMarch ’25

Porch airtightness — Opened up — Porch airtightnessMarch ’25

Porch airtightness — Timber in — Porch airtightnessMarch ’25

Floor insulation — Wall membrane — Floor insulationApril ’25

Floor insulation — Membrane between joists — Floor insulationApril ’25

Floor insulation — Joists taped — Floor insulationApril ’25

Floor insulation — Boarded over — Floor insulationApril ’25

Floor insulation — Collage — Floor insulationDate not recorded

Floor insulation — Collage — Floor insulationDate not recorded

Floor insulation — Collage — Floor insulationDate not recorded

Floor insulation — Collage — Floor insulationDate not recorded

Ceiling insulation — Membrane over — Ceiling insulationMay ’26

Ceiling insulation — Joists exposed — Ceiling insulationMay ’26

Ceiling insulation — Insulated between joists — Ceiling insulationMay ’26

Ceiling insulation — Joists and membrane — Ceiling insulationApril ’26

Ceiling insulation — Stripped to joists — Ceiling insulationApril ’26

Room and floor — Floor membrane — Room and floorJuly ’26

Room and floor — Boarded out — Room and floorJuly ’26

Wall insulation — Wood fibre walls — Wall insulationDate not recorded

Wall insulation — Wood fibre walls — Wall insulationDate not recorded

Solar panel systems

Anchors fixed to the rafters, rails run level off them, panels landed on the tiles.

1 job · 2 photographs · open one for the full sequence

Solar install — Panels on — Solar installSeptember 2026

Solar install — Mounting rails — Solar installSeptember ’26

Kitchens and renovation

Rooms taken back to the structure and rebuilt — studwork, ceilings, units, finished and in use.

3 jobs · 5 photographs · open one for the full sequence

Kitchen galley — Along the run — Kitchen galleyDate not recorded

Kitchen galley — Oven and sink — Kitchen galleyDate not recorded

Kitchen — Sink and window — KitchenApril ’23

Kitchen — Units and hob — KitchenApril ’23

Stud walls — Collage — Stud wallsDate not recorded

Lofts

Boarded out for storage, with hatches and ladders that make the space reachable in practice.

3 jobs · 4 photographs · open one for the full sequence

Loft boarding — Boarded loft — Loft boardingMarch 2025

Loft — Loft boarded — LoftSeptember ’25

Loft hatch — Hatch closed — Loft hatchDate not recorded

Loft hatch — Hatch angle — Loft hatchDate not recorded

Roofs and roofline

Roofing and chimney work — including flues filled to the top, so a disused chimney stops draining heat out of the house.

1 job · 1 photographs · open one for the full sequence

Roof chimney — Chimney and ridge — Roof chimneyJanuary 2026

Joinery

Gates made and hung, and the smaller joinery that finishes a bigger job.

1 job · 1 photographs · open one for the full sequence

Garden gate — New gate — Garden gateAugust 2026

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