Eaga Cavity Wall Insulation - £129 - A Con?!

spiidey

These guys appeared at my door the other day offering "free" cavity wall insulation for my property (4 bed, detached house, built 2006 by Kier Homes Scotland) if anyone in my house was on benefits.

No-one is, but they said I could still get it for £129, despite it costing upwards of £2,000, as they could access a grant that would reduce it substantially to the £129 mark.

The agreement they wanted me to sign:-

(a) Didn't appear to fix the price @ £129, as it was subject to additional costs if they were found to be necessary;
(b) Didn't mention the process for applying for the grant - if they couldn't get the full grant, or indeed the grant at all, it was ambiguous as to whether they would take the risk on the unfunded grant or whether that would be passed to me (I strongly suspected the latter);
(c) Appeared to suggest that by signing, I was authorising the works to be carried out prior to either (a) or (b) being agreed.

As I was unsure exactly what I was signing, I declined to sign it, despite them being extremely pushy.

Is this for real?!

Anyone else had this experience and actually instructed the works to be carried out and able to share their experience?

Joyful

If your house was only built in 2006 it should already have cavity wall insulation. All new builds since I think 1992 must have this if there is a cavity.

spiidey

They mentioned that it will have cavity insulation that will be to the minimum size specific by building regulations - and that based on other similar properties in our area that it was a thin piece of cavity board.

However, they said that the total cavity space was 3-4x this size, and obviously the more insulation pumped in there the greater the effect.

Of course, not sure how true all of that is!!