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Solid Wall Insulation
If your home was built before the 1920s then it is likely to have solid walls. Therefore, the walls do not have cavities. They will usually be made of brick or stone. These properties were built before modern day building regulations and can be very cold and expensive to heat. You can normally tell if your home has a cavity or a solid wall you can usually tell if you look at the brickwork outside your home. If you can see full-length bricks with half-length bricks (or header bricks) around the middle of the wall this is a good sign that you have a solid wall. Another way to find out is to measure your wall from a door or window. If it is thinner than 30cm it is probably a solid wall. It is possible to insulate a solid wall with internal or external insulation.
Room In Roof
A room in roof (loft room) or attic room is simply defined by the presence of a fixed staircase to access the room. Many older properties that were originally built with room in roof were not insulated at the time. If insulation was installed, it is often inadequate by modern standards and the rooms are subsequently very expensive to heat.
Loft conversions that were also carried out more than 30 years ago are also likely to be poorly insulated, if at all, meaning that these rooms can be very cold in the winter and warm in the summer.
Loft Insulation
Around a quarter of the heat in your home will be lost through the roof if it is not insulated or it is inadequately insulated. Loft insulation usually comes in batts, rolls or loose in bags and some types and is very cost effective to fit.
An insulated roof will lower your fuel bills as it will make your heating system more efficient.
Underfloor Insulation
If your property is situated on a ground floor and has a form of suspended wooden flooring, we can keep the draughts at bay by installing underfloor insulation throughout.
Underfloor insulation is another good way of preventing heat loss through the floor. This method is especially appropriate for older houses. Many older properties have ‘suspended floors’, or unheated cellars where there is a gap underneath the floorboards. This gap can be filled by temporarily removing the floorboards and laying rolls of mineral wool insulation. Alternatively, you might have a basement below and your rigid insulation boards can be applied to the ceiling.
Heat Pumps
A heat pump uses electricity to provide both heating and cooling to a building. These appliances are efficient at transferring heat from one place to another, depending on where it’s needed.
In the winter, a heat pump provides heating by extracting heat from outside a building and moving it inside. In the summer, it can provide cooling by moving heat from indoors to the outside.
A heat pump uses the same technology as an air conditioner, which cools your home using a refrigerant. The only major difference between an air-conditioner and a heat pump is that a heat pump has a reversing valve, which allows it to also heat your home.
In heating mode, a heat pump works like an air conditioner in reverse; instead of keeping your home cool, it uses the refrigerant to warm your home.
Energy Company Obligation (ECO)
The Energy Company Obligation (ECO) is a FREE government energy efficiency scheme in the United Kingdom to tackle fuel poverty and help reduce carbon emissions. Under ECO, medium and larger energy suppliers fund the installation of energy efficiency measures in British households. Each obligated supplier has an overall target based on its share of the domestic energy market in Britain. The obligated energy suppliers work with installers to introduce certain efficiency measures into your home, such as loft or wall insulation, or heating measures. The ECO4 scheme consists of one distinct obligation: the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation (HHCRO).
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