Actis, suppliers of Hybris Insulation, see rise in orders as demand for garden rooms continues to increase

Garden room specialists across the UK have been seeing demand massively increase over the past year as people work from home, with Actis, suppliers of Hybris Insulation, enjoying a rise in orders as a result.

One such home improvement, an extension at a house in Maidstone, Kent, is an office by day and a teenage den by night. Its timber frame construction meant it took only ten and a half days to build from start to finish. The builder chose to insulate it with Actis Hybrid, which is extremely popular with both customers and installers, not only because its impressive thermal efficiency reduces heating bills for the owners, but because it is a dream for the builders to install.

   

“We like the ease of fitment, it’s clean and produces no dust or mess,” said the installer, who has been building garden rooms for more than 20 years.

He and his team used 75mm honeycomb insulation Hybris and insulating reflective breather membrane Boost R Hybrid in the walls, with 125mm Hybris and insulating vapour control layer H Control Hybrid in the flat roof. “Timber garden rooms have been rising in popularity anyway over the past few years. But since last March we have been overwhelmed by the increase in our workload. In fact, demand has doubled over the period of the pandemic,” he said.

“The bulk of our work is creating and building free-standing garden rooms. As well as providing much-needed extra space, some of our customers tell us this helps them feel they are actually going to the office, because they physically need to walk down the garden to get there. As well as separate garden pods, we build timber frame extensions. It doesn’t give the same distinction between work and home, but does provide much needed extra space, and of course adds value to the house.”

Homeowner David Bayliss, a training manager for a web company, is delighted with his new office.
“Like most people working from home, as well as space I need privacy in which to carry out my meetings. This new room is ideal. It also means my children have somewhere to go in the evenings, so we don’t get under each other’s feet. As well as looking much nicer than the tired conservatory it replaced it’s a whole lot more energy efficient, thanks to the Actis insulation the builders have chosen. So I’m looking forward to lower heating bills.”

Time-lapse footage shows the quick and easy ten-and-a-half-day construction process.

You can buy Actis Insulation from any Alsford branch via our website. View our range of Actis Insulation products and accessories.
Find out more about the Actis Hybrid system used in this project at www.insulation-actis.com.