9 Advantages of Wool Over Fibreglass

Wool insulation works in a similar way to fibreglass – by creating a pocket of still air in the building envelope. Fibreglass insulation with an R value of 2.6 will theoretically supply the same level of insulation as wool insulation with an R value of 2.6. But that’s where the comparison ends. Wool batting has nine important advantages that man made products simply cannot match:

 

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