29 Stapleton Road, Headington

Energy-saving improvements

  • Low-cost improvements
    Low-cost improvements
  • 'Big' insulation works
    'Big' insulation works
  • Glazing
    Glazing
  • Lighting systems and electrical appliances
    Lighting systems and electrical appliances
  • High spec heating
    High spec heating
  • Renewables: heat
    Renewables: heat
  • Renewables: electricity
    Renewables: electricity
  • Water management
    Water management
  • Sustainable building materials
    Sustainable building materials
  • Lifestyle change
    Lifestyle change

Location

29 Stapleton Road
Oxford
OX3 7LX

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Opening times

Saturday 13th: 11am-3pm
Sunday 14th: Not Open

Just turn up

An 1900s semi, extensively retrofitted:

  • All windows double glazed or triple glazed,
  • External insulation – side wall with 100mm of Pavatex,
  • Internal insulation front and back walls with 60mm, with overlap to side wall, on ground floor only,
  • Loft Insulation – 300mm,
  • Underfloor insulation (hemp) in suspended wooden floor in much of ground floor. Polystyrene insulation under concrete kitchen floor,
  • Draught proofing,
  • Air-source heat pump, 
  • Wood burning stove,
  • Solar thermal flat plate panels,
  • Light pipe in upstairs hallway,
  • Low energy lighting, some LEDs,
  • Water saving devices,
  • Solar PV.

You can also watch a 2010 YouTube video showing the initial work that we did, including the internal and external insulation: https://youtu.be/wbQ6Gh3sEsM

Location

29 Stapleton Road
Oxford
OX3 7LX

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Opening times

Saturday 13th: 11am-3pm
Sunday 14th: Not Open

Just turn up

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