New or coming home insulation regs.

caveat_emptor

I'm trying to find a link to the above. I've found info applying to new build but not existing homes. Listening to a recent radio prog. the conclusion was that the reguations for existing homed would be impossible to meet.

Ebe_Scrooge

I'm not quite sure what you're asking.  Updated regs are not retrospective, so you don't have to upgrade your existing insulation to meet the current standards, unless you're doing major renovations (when you would have to in order to meet building regs).  You may wish to, of course, if you think it'll save you money, but you don't actually have to.

FreeBear

Ebe_Scrooge said:

I'm not quite sure what you're asking.  Updated regs are not retrospective, so you don't have to upgrade your existing insulation to meet the current standards, unless you're doing major renovations (when you would have to in order to meet building regs).  You may wish to, of course, if you think it'll save you money, but you don't actually have to.

The current Building Regulations (Part L1B) contains a cop out to the effect that if upgrading the insulation is not technically or functionally feasible or will not achieve a simple payback of less than 15 years, then work should be carried out to the best standard. So properties that are currently too expensive to improve will remain cold, draughty, and impossible to heat.

Maybe if the government introduced legislation restricting the sale of (say) F & G EPC rated properties, there would be some incentive...

caveat_emptor

It seems the programme I was listening too was about rented property which from 2025 must have a energy rating of C or better.
Landlords are understandably concerned about older properties meeting this standard.

ComicGeek

Not set in stone yet, and it certainly won't be the same rating system as currently if it does happen. The EPC ratings are based on cost rather than carbon emissions, and haven't been adjusted to reflect energy prices over the last few years.

What will probably happen is that they will move the goalposts. The last breakdown I saw was that more than 50% of housing fall into the D and worse categories - so very unlikely that the C rating will be comparable to the current system.