Cavity wall insulation.

jollyanna

I' m having this done soon and am a bit nervous if anything can go wrong. I've got visions of the filler emerging indoors or up the loo ! I've read the guidance on removing pictures and ornaments off exterior walls (indoors) and wonder if anyone can offer tips please ?

cattie

My tip is to relax! I had cavity wall insulation to my house last year & everything went smoothly.

The pump thing they use for filling the cavities is a bit noisy, but nothing other than that. You may want to shut yourself off in a room where the noise won't give you a bad headache, which is what I did. I sat in a room the front of the house when they were doing the back then shifted to a room at the back of the house when they were doing the front.

I wasn't aware you should remove things from walls such as pictures & can tell you nothing fell off any wall or shelf & got damaged or broken in my house.

My only complaint was the men didn't tidy up after them so I had to go aroung sweeping up all the brick dust etc the following day.

I certainly noticed that my house was warmer after having the cavity wall insulation. It's especially noticeable in my bedroom which is north facing.

carol_a_3

I had mine done a couple of years ago and it was fine, and they did clear up after themselves. It was a bit noisy and took most of the day but nothing shook off the walls. The main problem was empying the loft in advance as I had loft insulation done at the same time and it was so deep I haven't been able to replace the items but still have them stored in the garage. I'm sure my heating useage has gone down too. Don't worry.

jollyanna

thanks Cattie and Carol a, they are here today and hard at it right now. Noisy and brick dust flying everywhere so I'm glad I warned my neighbours that it was going to happen. The house has a rendering on the outside and I'm worried they won't put it back to rights at the end of the day. I've noticed that an air brick has been drilled out and I hope they'll sort that too. My old man is away til tonight and I hate getting left with having to ask direct questions when there is a potential query on work. Still, they are from a big company and I would expect the head office to respond pronto if I do have any probs. I'm such a coward.

tanith

Jollyanna I am just like you hate face to face confrontation even with a workman its just pathetic but there it is....

Had mine done last year and also had to sweep up the brick dust and wash my poor car afterwards.... but they filled in all the holes an almost matched the colour of the paint on the walls... no disasters and when I put my gas and electric meter readings in online last week so they could calculate my winter bill I was amazed to find even after the usually heavy winter bill we are still in credit by £20 , not much but we are usually at least £150 in debit by this time of the year... (we pay monthly the same amount so it evens out over the year) so I will expect our monthly payment to be reduced now as obviously we are not using nearly the amount of gas as we used to....

Have a good day

jollyanna

They've nearly finished now and I've peeked out and seen that the smashed airbrick has been replaced. Nice blokes, good workers, getting on with the job, obviously work well as a team. I'm looking forward to smaller gas bills. Wish I could reduce my water bill. Thinking of trying a meter.

pinkwitch_2

I'm waiting for a quote for cavity wall this morning ,so i'm finding this thread really intresting.

Does it also keep the house cooler in the summer?

bozzy_2

I've just found a old Victorian house and am considering this as well. any tips, recommendations on which company to use, anything else to consider? also what sort of prices are we looking at?

tanith

We went through our local council and only paid half price.... take a look at your council website you never know they might be doing a deal.... I'll find out when this summer is over wether it makes any difference in the warmer months.. but we defo have noticed the difference with the winter months the house stays warmer longer and we can have the heat on for shorter time hence the bill is lower...:T

cattie

bozzy wrote: »

I've just found a old Victorian house and am considering this as well. any tips, recommendations on which company to use, anything else to consider? also what sort of prices are we looking at?

My understanding is that Victorian houses were not built with a cavity, so not possible to have this kind of insulation. Sorry.

bozzy_2

but the surveyor said you can!