Articles by Argile

On a renovation job, a poorly connected duct can wipe out part of your effort. By taking care with connections, penetrations, and seals, you keep the airflow where it's useful, limit unwanted air ingress, and avoid moisture coming back. The result is a more comfortable home and a simpler commissioning, without repeat rework.

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Between occupant comfort, rising bills and callbacks, the question of the right setpoint keeps coming up. As a tradesperson, what you really need is a simple benchmark, but one based on the actual home, its insulation and heating system, not a magic rule. With a few quick checks, you can protect comfort and avoid unnecessary overconsumption.

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When a slab-on-grade floor stays cold, it's often what's dragging down comfort and running the heating longer than it should. In a retrofit, insulation is also decided by site details: substrate preparation, perimeter continuity, moisture management and thermal bridges. With a clear method and the right materials, you secure performance and avoid costly rework.

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On a job site, a few extra or fewer centimetres can change everything. Your job is to find the sweet spot between real gain, budget, and installation constraints, without oversizing just to "do better." Here we help you decide quickly and cleanly, with a field method that also speaks to the client.

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When residents stay in place, every day of works counts. By framing the living areas, schedules and clean circulation routes from the start, you limit dust, noise and back-and-forth, without slowing down execution quality. A few simple rules and solid communication are often enough to avoid tension and unforeseen issues.

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On a ground floor, the right choice is often decided on site, not on paper. From below, you save time if the crawl space or basement is accessible. From above, you secure the finished floor level and the thermal bridges, provided you anticipate thresholds, doors, and services.

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On a facade, colour isn’t just a style choice. It’s also a concrete lever to limit overheating, improve summer comfort, and cut down on complaints about rooms that get too hot — without touching the insulation. As a tradesperson, you can guide your clients toward a colour choice suited to the climate, the orientation, and the job site’s constraints, with a result that’s visible right away.

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With a tight budget, your clients mainly expect quick wins, visible on their bills, without getting lost in ten different work items. Your value lies in making a simple diagnosis, treating first the points that leak the most kWh, then planning the rest in coherent stages. You secure comfort and performance, without overpromising or oversizing.

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On site, the framing material quickly changes the game for insulation. With wood, you manage thermal bridges and repairs more easily, while with metal, you need to anticipate much stronger conduction and more demanding airtightness details. By setting the right habits from the design stage, you secure performance and avoid callbacks.

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On a half-timbered house, you play a fine balancing act between comfort, moisture and respect for the building. Your insulation and heating choices must let the walls breathe, otherwise problems show up fast, and your client sees it… and feels it. With a simple method and the right materials, you gain performance without erasing the character.

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On a flat roof, everything happens above the slab. An external solution gains you performance without cutting into ceiling height, provided you get the layers and details right in sequence. As a tradesperson, this is where you make the difference between a stress-free job and costly rework.

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When temperatures swing up and down, your jobs shouldn't. By relying on a simple climate indicator, you can compare two winters, objectify consumption gaps and justify insulation or heating sizing with more confidence. The result: sturdier quotes, and fewer pointless arguments once the job is delivered.

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