Hemp is ideal for insulation

FARMERS are being urged to consider growing hemp under licence for use as insulation material in buildings.
Hemp is ideal for insulation

Henry O’D Thompson, owner of OldBuilders, a contracting company with specialist skills in lime mortar plastering and eco-friendly hemp applications, is behind the move.

Based in Birr, Co Offaly, the restoration and conservation company has just finished a hemp and timber frame extension to an old cottage restoration in the Ring Gaeltacht, near Dungarvan, Co Waterford.

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