Retrofit Calderdale: Air Tightness and DIY Measures Workshop

About the workshop

Our second workshop focuses on ‘air tightness’ and DIY measures, on how we can stop losing heat from around the home – through gaps and leaky walls, open chimneys and flues, and cold draughts, and how we can make sure we can breath though ventilation and avoid damp and moulds! How we can apply DIY measures and when we may need to call in expert help. 

During the session, you will:

• Learn how to identify draughts around your home
• Get familiar with DIY draught proofing materials and techniques to tackle common draughts around your home
• Learn about ventilation, the importance of managing moisture and air quality in your home and how to balance this with airtightness measures

There will also be a practical activity: using various simple techniques to hunt down draughts in the venue, and figure out which of the demonstration materials may be suitable for fixing that draught.

About the project

This workshop series is for householders interested in learning more about the basics of retrofit, applying this to your home and sharing knowledge and learning with other local residents.

Carbon Co-op’s Retrofit Calderdale project, in collaboration with Pennine Community Power, aims to empower residents in Todmorden to explore the possibilities of retrofitting their homes, creating cosier spaces, reducing energy bills, and improving the efficiency of their homes through knowledge sharing, workshop events, and technology.

Localtion

We will be meeting at Todmorden College in one of their rooms. We are keen to protect everyone’s health as much as we can, therefore we will be providing face masks and sanitiser, and welcome and support anyone to use these during the session. We have placed an upper limit of 35 places to ensure we have plenty of space, and everyone can take part in the activities. Booking is essential for attendance!

Coming up

We have planned two more workshops after this event, scheduled between April and June, covering topics such as Retrofit and Flooding; and Home Energy Assessments. Subscribe to our Eventbrite organisation page to be alerted of these and other future workshops and events.

Please note: These workshops are aimed at householders who want to learn more about retrofit. This is not a workshop for people working in the supply chain or seeking to promote a specific product or service – we will ask salespeople to leave the session.