Green Building Forum - Sheeps Wool Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:20:19 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156437#Comment_156437 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156437#Comment_156437 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:08:06 +0100 wilde68
Just come across the sheeps wool insulation and moth problem on another forum.

Have just insulated roof space on a 16th century house with this product, is it going to be eaten???

Any info would be useful.

Thanks

Lester]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156439#Comment_156439 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156439#Comment_156439 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 18:23:13 +0100 Gavin_A Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156555#Comment_156555 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156555#Comment_156555 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 14:02:31 +0100 djh Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156592#Comment_156592 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156592#Comment_156592 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 20:55:30 +0100 Nick Parsons Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156597#Comment_156597 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156597#Comment_156597 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:56:08 +0100 Gavin_A Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156598#Comment_156598 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156598#Comment_156598 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:57:41 +0100 Gavin_A Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156631#Comment_156631 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156631#Comment_156631 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:20:35 +0100 djh Posted By: Gavin_AI'm kinda tempted to do the ultimate moth experiment, and open the loft velux and leave the light on for a few weeks, but it feels a bit too much like tempting fate, and it was a good 2 day job to get it installed.
If you've got a bit left over, you could just put it outside and see what happens. Might be cheaper!

Posted By: Nick ParsonsI do not believe they got any compensation for the damage.

That aspect has put me off the product completely.]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156632#Comment_156632 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156632#Comment_156632 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:42:26 +0100 gustyturbine ]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156633#Comment_156633 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156633#Comment_156633 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:32:02 +0100 Nick Parsons Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156635#Comment_156635 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156635#Comment_156635 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:35:10 +0100 SteamyTea Posted By: gustyturbineBut then you dont see many sheep walking around covered in moths!
There do the maggots come from :wink:]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156639#Comment_156639 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156639#Comment_156639 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:19:57 +0100 gustyturbine ]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156646#Comment_156646 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156646#Comment_156646 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:33:41 +0100 windy lamb Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156647#Comment_156647 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156647#Comment_156647 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:37:00 +0100 Nick Parsons Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156700#Comment_156700 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156700#Comment_156700 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:24:00 +0100 windy lamb Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156701#Comment_156701 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156701#Comment_156701 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:29:23 +0100 SteamyTea Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156710#Comment_156710 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156710#Comment_156710 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:47:25 +0100 skyewright Posted By: windy lambYes I was surprised as well, but the eggs hatched, grew to pupate and the adults emerged. Saw it with my own two eyes. Perhaps the nylon carpet was better quality than the price suggested!
Was there maybe something like a jute backing?]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156733#Comment_156733 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156733#Comment_156733 Wed, 19 Sep 2012 19:34:23 +0100 funcrusher Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156812#Comment_156812 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156812#Comment_156812 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 15:14:58 +0100 justdoit I have used other forms of insulation too but the environment wider picture worries me greatly at the end of life of some of these and the secrfecy around their manufacture processes. Must admit I am wearing a wooly jumper whilst I type this.]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156816#Comment_156816 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156816#Comment_156816 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:12:55 +0100 SteamyTea I hav eno idea what the density of wool is but mineral wool is but Rockwool is between 23 and 200 kg.m^3. There is an entry for just wool at 140 kg/m^3.
So it is probably only wool from the lowest sources that is as good as mineral wool.
And farming is hardly environmentally friendly, possibly worse than mining which is several orders of magnitude smaller if you gauge it by land area.]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156820#Comment_156820 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156820#Comment_156820 Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:22:31 +0100 Jamster
Right you are...]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156873#Comment_156873 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156873#Comment_156873 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:14:41 +0100 windy lamb
On the proper subject of sheeps wool - they only started using it as insulation because there was such a low demand for wool (compared to supply). It was costing more to shear than the value of the wool so people started looking for new uses/markets for it. Now, following the reduction in the world sheep population (in the 10s of millions) there is a supply shortage - the price of wool has risen by 200% in the last 2 years. Better to make a wooly jumper than stuff it in the loft- you don't need so much wool per household!
Now where's my moth balls?]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156876#Comment_156876 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156876#Comment_156876 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 11:21:43 +0100 Jamster
We have sheep, we just have planning permission for a new build. I'd love to use our wool if I could in the build or wool in general if possible, but only if it will do the job for a long time. If not, we'll sell it locally or to the WMB, or even use it as a mulch!

:bigsmile:]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156895#Comment_156895 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156895#Comment_156895 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:22:04 +0100 SteamyTea Posted By: Jamsterthe sarcasm didn't come across very well!:bigsmile:
Worked for me]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156899#Comment_156899 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156899#Comment_156899 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:50:09 +0100 gustyturbine Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156900#Comment_156900 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156900#Comment_156900 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:55:22 +0100 Nick Parsons Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156901#Comment_156901 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156901#Comment_156901 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:13:24 +0100 Jamster
African or Indian?

Briefly seriously, that's not a new method for those of us in the frozen north. Smells a bit though, and the sheep probably think the same!]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156902#Comment_156902 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156902#Comment_156902 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:13:28 +0100 windy lamb
Jamster - sell it to WMB, it's over £1.30kg, used to be 25p/kg not more than 4 years ago. Or learn to spin!]]> Sheeps Wool https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156920#Comment_156920 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=9572&Focus=156920#Comment_156920 Fri, 21 Sep 2012 20:08:15 +0100 djh Posted By: JamsterSmells a bit though, and the sheep probably think the same!
That's what the MVHR and clay plaster is all about isn't it? :innocent smirk smiley:]]>