Who Is Eligible For A Loft Insulation Grant?
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Who Is Eligible For A Loft Insulation Grant?
Who Is Eligible For A Loft Insulation Grant?
What Is The Cost Of Insulating A Loft ?
Don’t Worry – We Can Do It 100% Free If You Are Claiming Benefits!
What Is The Average Cost Of Insulating A Loft?
For Loft Insulation Fitted Professionally You can expect to pay around £1000 -£2000 if you choose to have it professionally done.
This will of course depend on the loft size and what depth the existing insulation is.
Read on for details of how you can insulate your own loft and save lots of money.
10 Reasons Why You Should Insulate Your Loft Today
- A quarter of all heat generated is lost through your roof. That is a lot of cash wasted!
- You will save over £150 a year by insulating your loft space.
That money will be better spent on a new holiday ! - Your home will be a lot of cosier and comfortable in the cold and dark winter nights.
- Your well insulated home will be more attractive to homebuyers when you do come to sell.
- A lot of homes can still their their loft done for free!
- Loft Insulation creates a barrier for your expensive heat to have to pass which will keep your heat in the house for longer instead of it escaping through the roof.
- The Energy Saving Trust calculate that the average saving per year from installing loft insulation is approximately £240.
- Your house will feel warmer during cold weather and improve the energy efficiency rating of your home.
- The installation of your new loft insulation should take between 1-2 hours to complete.You will also reduce your carbon footprint by around 990kg of CO2per year compared to an uninsulated loft.
- Providing the insulation is left undisturbed and not walked on, it should last indefinitely
What Depth Of Insulation Is Needed For a Loft?
Your finished height of loft insulation should be around 270 -300 mm.
This equates to a Thermal Resistance R-Value of 6.1 and is the recommended value by building regs.
How To DIY Loft Insulation - Measure First
Fitting insulation is not rocket science!
Measure the outside walls of your home and times them together to give you a rough square meterage of your loft.
E.g a semi detached house measuring 6 meters by 8 will give you 48 sq meters. Deduct 10 % from this figure will give you an approx meterage for your loft.
In this case you will need to buy 45 square meters of insulation.
Alternatively, get into the loft and measure the area in m2 (length x width = number of metres squared) and check the coverage of the rolls.
You can deduct around 10% to allow for ceiling joists
More Free Insulation - What Is Available?
✅Loft Insulation
✅Cavity Wall Insulation
✅Internal Wall Insulation
✅External Wall Insulation
✅Roof Room Insulation
Who Is Entitled To Free Home Insulation?
To be eligible for any of the insulation grants on this page, you must meet the criteria below.
1- Your Home EPC Is E – F – G
2 – You Are A Home Owner / Tenant In Receipt Of A Qualifying Benefit
3- You Have Low or No Insulation Levels
What Insulation Is Available For Walls?
Internal Wall Insulation
Internal Wall Insulation Is A Very Cost Effective Way To Reduce Heat Loss From Your Solid Walls. Stud Walls Are Battened and Insulation Placed
Stud Walls Are Battened and Insulation Placed In Between . A Vapour Barrier Is Placed On Top and Then Plasterboarded. The Walls Are Skimmed With Fresh Plaster To Provide a Smooth Finish.
You Do Lose Around 100 mm Off Each Wall That Is Insulated But The Energy Savings Will Well Out Weigh This.
External Wall Insulation
External Wall Insulation Reduces Heat Loss By Up To 50% And Saves You Around £500 Per Year In Energy Savings.
Foam Insulation Is Fixed To Your External Walls. Placed In Between . A Vapour Barrier Is Placed On Top and Then Walls Are Skimmed With Render To Provide a Smooth Finish.
You Do Lose Around 100 mm Off Each Wall That Is Insulated But The Energy Savings Will Well Out Weigh This.
Cavity Wall Insulation
Cavity Wall Insulation Will Save You Up To £300 Per Year
All Your Cavity Walls Are Drilled and Insulation Blown Into The Cavity To Provide A Barrier To Heat Loss.
Loft Insulation
Loft Insulation Will Save You Up To £200 Per Year
The recommended thickness for loft insulation in the United Kingdom is 270mm.
Topping up the loft insulation to 270mm allows you to benefit from reducing your heating costs and effectively increasing the energy efficiency of your home.
Easy Process To Apply
You Apply By Taking A Survey On This Page. We Check Your Application
Your Home Surveyed And Install Date Given
Your 100% FREE Insulation Is Fitted Within 21 Days
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How To Get Free Insulation For your Home - Apply Here
What Is Insulation?
Insulation is simply a material that is fitted to walls or loft etc that acts as a barrier to heat escaping to outside.
The material can be foam or Rockwool or polyeurothane and each will have its own U value which is merely a measurement of how long it takes for a specified unit of heat to pass through it.
With ever rising heating bills, insulation for your home is an absolute must, to keep your heat in your home for as long as possible.
Why A Government Grant For Free Insulation?
Free Government Grants For Home Insulation are available in England, Scotland and Wales and are funded via the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) to improve the efficiency of homes.
These Grants have helped many people to lower their heating bills and are funded by a levy to every fuel bill in the uk .
This is in part to achieve the government’s goal of being net carbon neutral by 2050 but as a main aim of tackling fuel poverty across the UK.
There have been over 2.4 million free installations of insulation since the government brought in the scheme.
Typical Heat Loss From Your Home
Heat loss will depend on your house type but as a rough guide you can expect to lose
- 25% of its heat through the roof
- 33% through the walls
- 15% through the floors
- 15% through draughts
- 20% through windows.
Free Insulation For Your Home - The Process
The First Stage of the process is that you make an application for a grant on this page.
- CLICK HERE TO APPLY
- We Check Your Application .
- All Successful Grant Applications Will Be Forwarded To 1 Of Our Approved Tried & tested Install Companies
- They Will Take Up the Reins And Arrange The Following :
FREE HOME SURVEY
A Qualified Domestic Energy Assessor Will Visit Your Home And Check Your Existing Heating & Insulation Levels. A New EPC Report Will Be Made Which Will Specify What Improvements Are Needed.
FREE HOME ENERGY ADVICE
Our Surveyor Will Give You Free Advice On How To Make Your Home More Efficient and Tips On Reducing Your Energy Bills.
A NEW EPC LODGED ONLINE
An Updated EPC Will Be Available To You Online Which Will Give You An Accurate Picture Of How Efficient Your Home Is.
FREE INSULATION FITTED
Your Loft & Walls Will Be Insulated If Needed. In Some Cases ( OFF Gas Homes ONLY ) External Wall Insulation Will Be Fitted Too.
FREE VENTILATION PACKAGE
To Combat Any Future Mould Problems Your Home Ventilation Will Be Upgraded. Included Are Trickle Vents For Windows, Extractor Fans For Your Kitchen & Bathroom & Under door cuts.
FREE HEATING UPGRADE
Depending on your existing heating , you will receive a brand new heating system. The surveyor will explain what you are eligible for at survey.
REDUCED ENERGY BILLS
You will notice up to a 30% reduction in your heating bills post install of your free measures.
Which Benefits Qualify ?
who pays for The Free Insulation
All Free measures on this website such are funded by all the large energy companies that are signed up to the ECO4 scheme.
In reality it is the fuel bill payer that is really paying for Eco Grants via a small levy that is placed on every fuel bill.
Benefits NOT Eligible For Free Insulation
- Disability Living Allowance (DLA)
- Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
- Attendance Allowance
- Carer’s Allowance
- Severe Disability Allowance
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- War Pensions Mobility Supplement
- Constant Attendance Allowance
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
Is there Free Insulation for people Not On A Benefit?
There is a scheme called LA Flex that some UK councils are signed up to which allows people to apply for a grant without having to be on a benefit.
The scheme is very sparse though and your council will have its own criteria. We recommend you make an application and we will try to assist you.
Do you have to pay back any grant in The Future?
Are There Insulation Grants For Park Homes?
I Wish ! We have been waiting for years for Park Homes to be included in the Free Eco Grants Scheme to no avail.
The Government have no interest in helping people who live in Park Homes unfortunately.
This is probably down to the fact that mobile homes are so small and do not save much carbon and so not good for statistics.
I cannot see there being any change in this policy in the future too.
This is a shame as there is massive demand for Park Home Grants
Why Home Insulation Is So Important?
Consumer protection magazine Which? found that installing home insulation to your loft and walls can reduce your energy bills by up to £300 per year.
A typical home without insulation can lose 33% of its heat through its walls and 25% through the roof.
What Are The Recommendations For Home Insulation.
All loft insulation should have a recommended depth of 270 mm.
Cavity Walls Should be insulated with bead or rockwool.
Homes with solid walls should consider internal or external wall insulation.
Why do I need to have ventilation measures installed in my property?
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