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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: I_want_an_Omega on 17 October 2013, 20:44:22
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It seems that the free/heavily discounted sources of loft insulation from the energy companies have dried up, & this stuff is actually blooming expensive to buy. :'(
What's the optimal thickness? I'm thinking of adding 170mm on top of the stuff in place when we moved in, which was level with the tops of the joists.
Is that enough, will I notice a difference, has anyone any "experience based" comments please ......
Thanks - Rob
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Check to see if you can get a grant Rob ;)
As for depth, I've a good 300mm with about 90% of the loft boarded on top :y
Nice and warm :)
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We got ours free with a grant. Cavity wall insulation as well. There seems to be no limit to the depth, its between 1.5 to 2ft deep in places, in the loft.
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These guys insulated the loft of one of my rentals a few months ago. They put in about 300mm and it was free! :y
http://www.markgroup.co.uk/
HTH :)
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A while back a lovely lass and a collegue knocked at my door and offered to provide free loft insulation.
I took them down the drive and pointed out the error of there ways. I have no loft. (flat roof property!)
Non of the schemes available at the time were of no use so i dropped the ceiling and fitted 200mm of celotex in the gap and joists.
Made a difference of 7c difference between an insulated room and one without.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k536/tidla1/Celotex-PIR-Thermal-Insulation-100mm_large_zps833018e0.jpg)
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Yes, difficult to get any help with insulation at the moment, only available to those on some sort of benefit under normal practice.
I have been trying to get some sorted for my 75 year old mother in law and it looks like its going to cost full wack as she has her stae pension which is not considered a benefit.
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The landlord added an extra layer to our insulation about 2 years ago. With the double glazing as well trapping the heat you find that the upstairs can get too warm if you set the temp to normal downstairs. The downside is that you have to turn the heat down so the downstairs is a little too cold for my liking.
Cant grumble though :y
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A while back a lovely lass and a collegue knocked at my door and offered to provide free loft insulation.
I took them down the drive and pointed out the error of there ways. I have no loft. (flat roof property!)
Non of the schemes available at the time were of no use so i dropped the ceiling and fitted 200mm of celotex in the gap and joists.
Made a difference of 7c difference between an insulated room and one without.
(http://i1114.photobucket.com/albums/k536/tidla1/Celotex-PIR-Thermal-Insulation-100mm_large_zps833018e0.jpg)
Cleotex is good stuff & blooming expensive as well ......
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Its not that pricey if you shop around.....local merchants to me I can get it for 15-16 notes for a 50mm thick 2.4m x 1.2m sheet (plus the dreaded).
But yes its very good stuff and essential for many applications
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Yes, difficult to get any help with insulation at the moment, only available to those on some sort of benefit under normal practice.
I have been trying to get some sorted for my 75 year old mother in law and it looks like its going to cost full wack as she has her stae pension which is not considered a benefit.
Interesting then that the Government keeps describing us as 'welfare recipients'. >:( >:( >:(
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just had this in the post today,all about new goverment green deal
www.energycaregroupltd.co.uk (http://www.energycaregroupltd.co.uk)
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The landlord added an extra layer to our insulation about 2 years ago. With the double glazing as well trapping the heat you find that the upstairs can get too warm if you set the temp to normal downstairs. The downside is that you have to turn the heat down so the downstairs is a little too cold for my liking.
Cant grumble though :y
You just did.
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Yes, difficult to get any help with insulation at the moment, only available to those on some sort of benefit under normal practice.
I have been trying to get some sorted for my 75 year old mother in law and it looks like its going to cost full wack as she has her stae pension which is not considered a benefit.
Interesting then that the Government keeps describing us as 'welfare recipients'. >:( >:( >:(
Yep, you need to be on pension credit which pretty much excludes everybody with a fully paid up stamp.
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We got ours free with a grant. Cavity wall insulation as well. There seems to be no limit to the depth, its between 1.5 to 2ft deep in places, in the loft.
Yeah,ours looks like a big yellow snow drift :y
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But if you stick 12" or more of insulation up there.. where does everyone store all the years of accumulated boxes of
crap super important stuff you can't bring yourself to throw out? ;D
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But if you stick 12" or more of insulation up there.. where does everyone store all the years of accumulated boxes of crap super important stuff you can't bring yourself to throw out? ;D
You been peeking?................ :D ::) ::)
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In the garage with all the other crap :-X
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I have just had a leaflet through the post. Full 100% to anyone insulating their home. Its from a company Freegrant on www.freegrant.co.uk It says regardless of, age, income or savings or employment status
I have not checked it out yet, as it only came Friday and I forgot about it. :y
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Slightly off topic, and a random question.
Is cavity wall insulation standard in new build homes?
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Slightly off topic, and a random question.
Is cavity wall insulation standard in new build homes?
yes, part of the regs
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Slightly off topic, and a random question.
Is cavity wall insulation standard in new build homes?
yes, part of the regs
Cheers :y
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not always, they can acheive the insulation values in other ways, but 99.99999% of the time yes.
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not always, they can acheive the insulation values in other ways, but 99.99999% of the time yes.
Not any more they cant, even a few years ago (and the regs are tighter now) a brick outer plus 75mm full fill cavity (there 100mm these days), plus thermalite block plus 10mm air gap plus plasterboard only just scraped through.
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Personally I've been thinking about something like this: http://www.markgroup.co.uk/homeowners/insulation/external-wall-insulation?gclid=CObc05v9p7oCFQrJtAod4X4AAw - given my pointing is in an awful state and the fact that injected insulation would most likely lead to damp..
Apparently it's very very popular in Germany (or something similar).
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I've been looking at that too, as I have an end terrace property, where the gable end is exposed and gets quite a battering in bad weather! :(
I have a new tenant moving in there soon and she might be eligible for getting it done for free! :y Now what were we saying about escalating energy bills..... :-\ ::)
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Personally I've been thinking about something like this: http://www.markgroup.co.uk/homeowners/insulation/external-wall-insulation?gclid=CObc05v9p7oCFQrJtAod4X4AAw - given my pointing is in an awful state and the fact that injected insulation would most likely lead to damp..
Apparently it's very very popular in Germany (or something similar).
Never seen that before but looks good :) Having 9in solid wall it looks like the best option ..
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not always, they can acheive the insulation values in other ways, but 99.99999% of the time yes.
Not any more they cant, even a few years ago (and the regs are tighter now) a brick outer plus 75mm full fill cavity (there 100mm these days), plus thermalite block plus 10mm air gap plus plasterboard only just scraped through.
yup I have only been doing this now for the past 40 years, what about internal/external insulation where due to exposure levels a cavity is a good idea?
ok its only one in 10.000 etc but can be done.