cavity wall +loft insulation

[creditcrunched]

Has anyone had this done lately? i am thinking of getting it done because my heating bills are so high.I wont qualify for a grant so anyone any ideas on how much it will cost or who to go too.

[Skippy]

My mum has just had her loft done through her energy company - I don't know if they would be able to help even if you don't get a grant.

[tori]

I'm not sure how much it actually costs to get done,but we've just enquired about getting a grant,as oh is unemployed at the mo.So we are due to find out if we qualify within the next 7 days.I hope so cause our house is freezing,even when the heating's been on for hours.And,our monthly gas payment has just gone up an extra £20.So i'm keeping my fingers well and truly crossed!! [:)]

[creditcrunched]

tori if your o/h is on benefits you will get it for free but i was caught out with this because there was a 3 month waiting list to get it done and i got a job in that time[:(]i have looked around i think its going to cost about £500 so i think i will get some more blankets out of the wardrobe [:I]

my bills are crazy they set the DD too low from the start and then an estimated bill then they hit me with £135 per month for gas and £126 per month for electric to catch up

[kallis3]

We got ours done for free as hubby is on benefits, and it has made such a difference to our fuel bills. We always thought that we had cavity wall insulation when the houses were built, but we didn't, so we had that and top up loft insulation done.

If we hadn't had it done, it would have cost us £300 with the discount you can get, and that was for both. Our house is a four bed detached, so I wouldn't think it would be much more than that. We had it done 12 months ago.

[Julie]

I work for a Community Interest Community that project manages insulation in areas of Wales, but there are similar schemes in England.

The main criteria for having insulation free are, council tenants, certain benefits and being over 60 (over 70 in some areas). Hoewver, you can qualify via certain schemes by being "fuel poor". This means you pay more than 10% of your disposable income to heat your home.

Under our scheme, if you don't qualify for free, loft/cavity insulation costs £149 per measure.

Contact the energy officer at your local council for details of schemes in your area.

Hope this helps

xx

[creditcrunched]

thankyou i will phone them tommorow

[tori]

Oh well,we might be in with a chance then! I hope so cause we are permanently cold! All of our downstairs is open plan,with an open staircase,& the 2 radiators that we have downstairs just aren't sufficient.So really at the moment we're just wasting gas,cause we have to have the heating on for hours just for it to get slightly warm.Glad you started this thread credit crunched,it has been very useful.I hope you manage to get something sorted out as well.Those payments are extortionate!!!

[Skippy]

Unfortunately there's nothing we can have done - we've got solid walls and living in a downstairs maisonette we haven't got a loft - our heat goes to heat upstairs!

[Lisa2009]

We had cavitiy wall insulation done for free and also brand new central heating system, door insulation and energy saving light bulbs. It was done through a scheme called Warm Front.
We got it for free because we have disabled people in the house. Theres also other criteria too but i cant remember off the top of my head.

[Julie]

There's various schemes throught the countires, just different names. Go Warm are in the North East and these are also Community Interest ( Not for Profit) schemes.

If anyone has a water tank, make sure you have an adequate tank jacket as this small measure does help.....I'm in work mode now and its too late for that [:D]

[Julie]

...and don't forget if your central heating is broke, some people can even get grants for this.