natural building suppliers
Most of us use our local builder’s merchants - it’s easy to pop down the road and pick up the stuff you need.
why not switch and consult a natural building supplier
if you are thinking of starting a new DIY project in your home to source your materials? That way you will not be adding any toxins or chemicals into your home, helping both you, your family and the environment.
When I built the Healthy House three years ago we sourced products from individual companies. Since then I’ve learnt about five companies (listed below) who stock most of the products you will need and are very happy to give advice.
natural building suppliers
can provide advice on traditional building products, toxin free paints, natural insulation, rainwater harvesting kits, plaster and other related products.
The RIBAJ - Royal Institute of British Architect’s Journal published a letter from me about healthy building materials in July 2020 vol.7
Healthy Kick
‘Total applause to CSK Architects for asking what sort of ‘fundamental transformation’ should architects be instigating to thwart climate change, thereby raising awareness of toxins in building materials which are contributing towards the poisoning of our planet (RIBAJ April 2020)
Martin Brown in FutureRestorative (RIBA Publishing) and others, cite the built environment as being responsible for ‘40% of all carbon emissions in the UK’. He also suggests that ‘40% of a nation’s health costs are attributable to the built environment’.
Natural building materials are healthy for our homes, healthy for our bodies and healthier for our planet. Would it be timely now to give healthy materials more of a platform in the RIBAJ?’
It IS absolutely time that we became aware of what our building materials are made from - they affect our health and the world in which we live.
natural products don’t harm the planet
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