Loft Insulation for free...AND wall cavity??

paulmapp8306

One_Five_Four wrote: »

Before you have any cavity wall insulation work done, have a look here:

http://www.askjeff.co.uk/cavity.html

I had someone at our door offering it free a few weeks back. The house was built in 1911. I was tempted to have them round for a survey, just for the laugh, but couldn't be bothered.

Tabliod scare mongering again.

Cavity wall insulation has been around for decades with very few issues. As the article states, cavity walls were initially for houses in costal regions to prevent driving rain saturating the brickwork. it wasnt NEEDED in other areas as that problem doesnt exist. it follows that if you fill the holes in housing in coastal areas you may get issues, and in those cases its fair to say there may be problems. anywhere else - where the risk of rain water penetrating the brickwork is minimal even with solid walls .... well theres no issue with filling the hole with insulation.

Other issues - ie the filling not getting in the whole gap and leaving cold spots - is possible. But, that leads to a partially insulated wall that is still better than a non isulated wall.

Ultimately - Im sure there are issues in certain properties, but there almost all going to be in areas not suitable for cavity wall insulation - ie homes on the coastal regions that are subject to driving rain. THAT is the issue - not the process itself.

osian

Yes, we had our loft insulated for free with an offer from British Gas.

At the time (October) it was open to everyone, regardless of income.

Could have had the walls done as well for free with the offer, but we were not sure whether our walls would have had a cavity given the age of the house.

stevehim3

: DO NOT USE MARK GROUP UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. to say they let me down would be a justice to them. its a long story but I will keep it short. they sent a virtual teenager to do a survey who assured me they could do all the work for about £300 to include cavity wall insulation, extra loft insulation and an air vent in the lounge. I had to wait 6 weeks for an appointment for the work. I took a very valuable dy off. At 8.30 am they phoned to say their tradesmen had gone sick!!!I said what all of them and she said yes!!!! Alarm bells start to sound. I was obviously not happy having waited 6 weeks and taken a day off, so I went into work late. I then received a call to say they had had a cancellation and they would send someone to the loft insulation only by midday. Joy I thought and had to arrange for my disabled 80 year old mother to allow them access. She managed to get to my house to be told by the single trades person they sent that the job was not possible to be done as my attic was too big and he could fall through the ceiling!!!!!! Weird that s ive been up there over a 100 times and arent attics mostly the same you walk on the beams!!!! Useless especially as an alleged surveyor had said it was perfectly possible..... he left and my mother trudged home in the rain. i then received a second someone call to say they had found who could do my cavity wall so all was not lost. I rang my mother and she was insistant on helping so after a rest and a cup of tea she trudged back toi my house in the rain to meet the new tradesperson who was again alone. He looked at the job and yes you ve guessed it he said i cant do it its too big!!!!! WHAT!!! Too big your surveyor spent ages measuring every inch and charging me for it. Then 6 weeks of waiting, being told all employees were sick, sending my disabled mother on 2 wild goose chases to meet 2 inept tradesman to be told my attic was too big and so were my walls!!! I phoned the MARK group and spoke to a lovely Irish lady who asked if i wanted to re book an appointment for 6 weeks or so!!!! In my own kind of way i said no..... DO NOT USE THE MARK GROUP YIOU WILL BE LET DOWN.