NIE Insulation Grants

sheerdelight

Shalis. go for it. Clear all that rubbish & old insulation out and get something decent in. Sounds as if you have ample space to store the stuff you needLeave that bit out and do the rest. Yes B&Q ad does not cover NI-it states this on small print on TV advert. The choice of insulation is yours. You can get some that is wrapped in plastic film and laid as such. Cuts down on fibres floating about. Or else choose a different material.

gerf

got my loft insulation done free of charge yesterday. had survey near the end of january as reported on this thread earlier. the guy then said it would be 6 weeks til job done. nearly 8 went by so i contacted eaga and was told they'd lost my paperwork and the survey would have to be re-done. i asked would it then be another 6 week wait and was told no as they had a lot of money to give out before the end of the financial year and so i would be done pronto. guy came last thursday and re-did the inspection (giving me 4 more free bulbs!) and the workers came yesterday and topped up my insulation to the recommended 12". well worth the effort and if the scheme is still running i'd advise anyone to go for it as the uptake is obviously quite low. i was also advised that there is also a boiler upgrade scheme to convert to gas - if gas is already in your area. the means test is that a single income household be under 18k and a double 25k. i work freelance and don't have regular payments but a 3 month bank statement was accepted as sufficient evidence. you can be a homeowner or a private tenant but not NIHE i don't think. hope this is helpful to anyone thinking about going for the grant.

typhoon

Does anyone know if NIE will send out a surveyor to tell you if you need loft insulation and CWI if you are not applying for a grant? We are not eligible for free insulation, but would like someone to come out and tell us exactly where we are losing all our heat. Don't want to contact one of their contractors directly in case they tell me I need x y and z just to get some work. Also any idea how much loft insulation and CWI would cost for 4 bedroom detached house?

CJ1962MCC

I just appled for this, they said they will arrange an apointment within 4 weeks. Does any one know what they will ask for as proof of income?

Flower-power22

CJ1962MCC wrote: »

I just appled for this, they said they will arrange an apointment within 4 weeks. Does any one know what they will ask for as proof of income?

Yea they do need to see proff of income.... payslips or P60.

Flower-power22

typhoon wrote: »

Does anyone know if NIE will send out a surveyor to tell you if you need loft insulation and CWI if you are not applying for a grant? We are not eligible for free insulation, but would like someone to come out and tell us exactly where we are losing all our heat. Don't want to contact one of their contractors directly in case they tell me I need x y and z just to get some work. Also any idea how much loft insulation and CWI would cost for 4 bedroom detached house?

If you apply for the grant that's on offer, the surveyor will call out and let you know if you need your loft done. They also check cavity wall too. The likelihood is yes..... they keep increase the recommended amount of insulation year on year to keep your house warm!
Go for it it doesn't cost you anything.

crusty_toenail

We got the NIE Insulation Grant - amazing!

Applied about June, surveyor called within a couple of weeks and work was carried out over a week in July! I could not be happier!

We live in a 1920's detatched cottage - we have no attic to insulate and no cavity walls either!

The surveyor said we could get 'solid wall insulation' as part of the grant. I had never heard of solid wall insulation, but went ahead as it was free and cottage has high ceilings and was freezing last winter, the heat would just leave the rooms immediately!

The work was carried out to an excellent standard, new internal walls and dry lining, new skirting boards, new window-sills etc. absolutely no mess. All we need to do is put a lick of paint on the new internal walls! The workers were lovely, really worked hard and were all lovely lads - I recommend to anyone to get it done!

My house is absolutely roasting now, and the traffic noise (we live on a busy road) has been reduced dramatically.

I can not recomend this solid wall insulation enough, it has changed our home and am now looking forward to the cold winters - bring it on!!!!!!!

babss

Hi Crustynail!

I am just looking into insulation at the moment, we live in an old cottage which was renovated about 25 years ago and at the time of the renovation the previous owners were not allowed to knock down the old sand stone walls, needless to say it has caused a lot of problems with condensation and damp. I have read about external insulation and was wondering if you or anybody else has heard of any grants available for it.
How do you go about looking for the internal insulation as this would be another avenue I could go down.
Thanks
Babss:)

crusty_toenail

Hi Babss,

we just contacted NIE and a company called EAGA sent out a surveyor, and you take it from there. ( Warm Homes Scheme).

They never mentioned external insulation but internal wall, solid wall insulation is fantastic. We too had a damp problem, our surveyor picked it up when we were buying the house. I got ebac dehumidifer and it extracted loads of water from the air. However, since we got the internal walls insulated this has totally sorted out the damp problem!

A.L.D.A

sheerdelight wrote: »

Shalis. You can't have it every way! If you want good insulation you put in as much as you can afford,preferably at least 12 inches. With this depth it is inevitable that the joists will be covered. You can always leave a bit and floor it leaving the 5-6 inches below it insulated with that lesser amount. Alternatively you raise the floor up above the level of the insulation by increasing the depth of the joists and use this to store some stuff. By the way you can use recycled material that is made from plastic bottles. This doesn't shed fibres the way glass fibre does. Not sure if rockwool has similar properties. Yes glass fibre is a real pain should you need to move or disturb it to do work in the roofspace but it is the cheapest.. Cover as much of the roofspace area as you can with insulation. Anyway you would nevet really set anything on the fibreglass anyway as it would not support anything. I only have about 6 inches of insulation as entireroofspace is floored. Raising ithe floor would be possible but then I would not be able to walkover/ access easily the roofspace because of much reduced headroom.

If any of you are insulating the roof space you need about 300mm of quilt. Cheapest easiest way but make sure all pipes etc. are insulated and there is some ventilation above the insulation.

If you want to use the roof space you can insulate at roof level. A lot more expensive. You need to maintain 50mm vent gap above the insulation below the roof covering, and some cross ventilation at the ridge.

You need to use Polyisocyanurate insulation or similar . It is a better insulation than quilt. If you have 125mm joists, 75mm between and another layer of 75mm below. I would aim at 150mm min. Xtratherm have a good, easy to understand site. Don't forget if you do it this way you need to insulate the gable and party walls. This way is a lot more expensive and you are heating a bigger volume, but you can use the roofspace.