Lambert Home Builds

An existing client came back to us to fully refurbish and renovate a house recently purchased and transform the interior replacing all the internal flooring, adding new bifold door to the family, media room, a new bespoke kitchen, replacing 3 new bathrooms and creating a new master bedroom with ensuite to create a beautiful fresh family home

A historic grade 2 listed pub now converted to a family home underwent a major retrofit to improve the thermal performance and future proof the dwelling. Extensive works including new high performance glazing, insulation works including room in roofing duration with woodfibre and lime plaster , internal wall insulation with Diathonite, replaced flat roofs, new rooflights, loft insulation and upgraded ventilation with Dmev. Solar Pv and a battery storage system helped bring the home future ready whilst still preserving it's heritage

A family home that was thermally upgraded to future proof the dwelling for the homeowners, keen to reduce their energy costs and carbon footprint and also future proof their home, 

We installed new glazing, external wall insulation and created a new downstairs wet roomas well as installing loft insulation and a very smart Decentralised Ventilation system supplied by Partel, an integral part of any deep retrofit isa ventilation strategy.

A large single storey rear extension was built to create a beautiful open plan kitchen dining area extending onto a new patio area. The clients were keen to create their forever space with a spacious extension and open plan kitchen living area and then extending nto a patio area from wide Origin sliding doors. A large roof light allowed light to stream into the extension creating the perfect rea for family and friends to gather.

A single rear storey extension with vaulted ceiling was constructed with a warm pitched roof using Woodfibre insulation with rigid Woodfibre above the rafters and Woodfibre flex between rafters.

Highly insulated with an airtightness strategy using a liquid intelligent membrane applied to the inside of the inner blockwork wall, junctions between interfaces including floor to wall, around windows and external doors were carefully taped with Passivhuis specified Airtightness tapes from SIGA and thermal bridge detailing to create an energy efficient space. Ventilation strategy using a decentralised CMEV system supplied by Lunos from Partel and space heating using an Air to Air system with a heat pump Hot water cylinder. Acoustic insulation was using Hemp batts .

Read more about the case with this article from Partel

https://www.partel.co.uk/blog/lambert-home-builds-energy-efficient-retrofit-and-extension/

We undertook a deep retrofit of a  period property installing Internal Wall insulation with Woodfibre, finished with lime plaster in a number of rooms, installing new high performance windows and doors, installing Suspended timber floor Insulation and a new decentralised CMEV system. This project involved stripping off the gypsum plaster form the existing external walls in preparation for 80mm Woodfibre with a lime base coat and then a lime plaster top coat. Detailing was involved to minimise thermal bridging and maintain continuity of the insulation both from below the suspended timber floor through the ceilings to the floor above to minimise the risk of trapping moisture and interstitial condensation. An airtightness and ventilation strategy was prepared as part of the Retrofit and the materials chosen were vapour open and sympathetic to the age and construction of the dwelling.

A timber frame garden room with a warm deck EPDM roof in the corner of the owner's garden.The garden room was insulated internally with 100mm woodfibre flexible batts, a VCL applied followed by Clay boards and a lime plaster. The garden room is a wonderful area with stable internal temperatures , a CMEV extract Silvento Fan from the Lunos range was installed alongside innovative Astectherm long wave infra red heating panels .

A traditional coach house in a conservation area which had cementitious render applied in the past and the existing render was cracking and causing deterioration to the underlying brick work.

The existing render was stripped off, defective areas of brick were either repaired or replaced and repointed with lime mortar in preparation for the application of Diathonite Evolution as a replacement render, a cork  lime based insulating render applied to a depth of 40mm to replace existing and a top coat of Argatherm and painted with a suitable paint finish , restoring the coach house to its original state . 

We undertook a hip to loft conversion in a semi detached 1930s period property to include a number of Velux windows and a provide an bedroom with ensuite and fitted an oak staircase to access the new loft room. This project also involved renovating other areas in the house including a new master bedroom ensuite, new engineered oak flooring and a new cloakroom. We fitted some innovative infrared heating mats in the ceiling of the loft supplied by Astectherm, invisible heating! We were also tasked with the problem of a cold bay window in the master bedroom, on inspection the wall was uninsulated and single skin brick on edge so we applied Diathonite insulating lime plaster to upgrade the wall , the owners were extremely happy with the results of all the work.

Our client had recently purchased a Victorian solid walled cottage which was in need of TLC and a bit more! We were tasked with renovating and reconfiguring the internal space to create a new bathroom upstairs, an open plan kitchen and cloakroom and full internal refurbishment. The client's brief was to "futureproof" the property and being very environmentally minded she was keen to find a solution for improving the thermal performance of the external walls. Our  solution was to apply Diathonite  as an insulating plaster to the internal aspect of the external walls to keep the walls vapour open and with amazing results.

The owners of this house wanted a full refurbishment to all the rooms, a new kitchen and a new heating system upgrading the existing. It had not been touched in a few years and was ripe for renovation which we undertook and the clients were extremely happy with the end result.

During the lockdown we got creative, we created bespoke Covid Secure outdoor dining pods for pubs and restaurants to enhance their out door space and each one was handcrafted in our workshop and delivered by ourselves all around the country, from Cornwall to Yorkshire and beyond. The Oxpods enabled many hospitality businesses to reopen and allow outdoor dining safely and they are still in use today in the many locations we delivered to.

A beautiful but derelict old stone barn was sympathetically converted to a 3 bedroom dwelling, adding an additional floor for the bedrooms and bathroom. We designed and installed a bespoke handmade kitchen, crated an open plan living area with an oak staircase and a glazed side extension was also added on. The building was repointed and as many original features kept , creating a stunning family home .

A small terraced dwelling was internally upgraded and a loft conversion added to create a lovely family home with the addition of a rear pitched roof extension with a vaulted ceiling. Access and space was challenging but we used our creativity and design skills to overcome these.

A bespoke high specification new build house with landscaping was built comprising 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, handcrafted kitchen and living area with a log burner and an ASHP was installed.

The build took approximately 8 months from start to finish resulting in a spectacular family home