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If we want to reduce home energy costs, insulation is the key ingredient. Increasingly, we are making energy choices with environmental concerns in mind too. If you are insulating your home and want to try a natural, sustainable and effective method, why not try sheep wool insulation?

Sheep wool is an eco-friendly insulation material with a smaller carbon footprint than many of its more well-known rivals. Sheep wool insulation is easy to install and does not require the usual protective measures of goggles, gloves and mask, often required when handling mineral fibre insulation products.

As a material, wool breathes and this valuable feature helps reduce humidity and condensation. Coming straight off a sheep’s back it has the unique ability of being able to absorb and desorb moisture whilst remaining totally thermally efficient.

As well as being an environmentally friendly option, sheep wool insulation is resistant to fire and vermin. It is a non-toxic material that resists mould growth and is an effective acoustic insulator as well.

Whether you are insulating floors, walls or loft, sheep wool insulation offers a viable environmentally friendly alternative to the usual tried and tested materials. Sheep wool insulation is sold in large, easy to handle rolls. It is pleasant to use and cut down to the size you want using a craft knife, scissors or even an electric carving knife.

Once its useful life is over, sheep wool insulation continues to be environmentally friendly as it can be composted or incinerated for energy use when you need to dispose of it.