loft insualtion - will it save me much £

allan673

increasing my loft insulation from 100mm to 270mm in the next few weeks. got the £1 a roll n power offer.ordered 16 rolls of 170mm thick insulation.

annual gas bill is around £700 - ebico, do you think i will notice a difference at all.
18 year old house, double glazed, 2 adults.
dont use heating excessively, we did have a new condensing worcester combi fitted in jan 09 too so this may save us some cash etc as we havent had a full years use out of it.

what do you think/estimate. i will save by increasing loft insualtion

CrashUK

I think heat lose is 15-25% from loft.. what type of heating do you use... do you have heating controls with heat stat. I install one at the end of last year as govment site say they save 20% on heating.. heat comes on only when needed at a set temp. before heating was on a lot and had to go turn it off when house got over heated which make me feel sick..

penrhyn

You'd probably save more by switching to a cheaper energy supplier. Ebico only makes sense when you are a low user.

For example an Atlantic online tariff would cost around 10% less. More if you were on dual fuel.

But check out the figures yourself.

mech_2

allan673 wrote: »

what do you think/estimate. i will save by increasing loft insualtion

£25 a year at a guess. So you will save enough to break even in one winter because of the cheap deal on insulation. But I doubt it will make much of a dent in the gas bill. The existing first layer of insulation is what makes all the difference.

moonrakerz

Most unbiased sources of information suggest that loft insulation is the quickest way to get your money back in energy savings.

http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Home-improvements-and-products/Home-insulation-glazing/Loft-insulation