Cavity Wall insulation

CL

Hi All,

My brother is wanting to get pumped bead cavity wall insulation put in to his house.

Does anyone have any good recommendations for companies to use etc?

Thanks

attritioner

Make sure you are aware of all the PRO's and CON's about this before you make a decision.

I have thought long and hard about getting this done and decided in the end not to bother.

There is plenty of promotional material about the benefits of cavity insulation out there, but for a view from the other side have a read here http://www.askjeff.co.uk/content.php?id=4

I'm not saying this is correct, merely that you should make a decision based on all the available information.

nickcardwell

yes go for it! its great!

you can even get a grant (regardless of income) got a semi detached house, and it was £450 with £150 cash back. so cost me £300 and it should pay back within 18months.


there is a web site/phone number to get in contact (dont have it with me, shall see if i have it in work).

they have a list of approved cavity wall companies and you have to go with them.

i have noticed a huge difference in heating the house, the heating is one for 3hrs a day (6pm-9pm) and the temp in the house is about 24c, at 7am it drops to 21c, and at 5pm its about 20c.

Witless

We had ours done with polystyrene beads.

An excellent job (but you need the roofspace done too to maximise the benefit.)

As above we qualified for a grant leaning the 'real' cost about £265. (That was about 5 years ago.)

If you're in mid Ulster PM me & I'll give you the details of the firm we used - great to deal with: arrived on time, no mess or disruption and they even filled in the grant application - all I had to do was sign it.

mr._prude

Hi

I went for the standard white bead last year got the grant too, great job, really noticed the difference. 3 bedroom semi

P

harryhound

Once upon a time I propped up a hi fi speaker with a block of polystyrene foam; it made the plastic covering of the speaker's wires go hard and brittle.
If you have any house wiring inside the cavity (I do in my house); I wonder if that will go hard and brittle too.

There are offers on the net of firms offering to do whole houses for less than 150 GBP, because they are subsidised by National Power (I think it is a penance that NP is forced to pay for having old high carbon coal power stations).

Harry.

There are also reports of houses where there is NO vertical damp barrier where the cavity is "closed" round doors and windows. In these circumstances dampness, that would have evaporated from the thin half brick that is between the window/door frame and the cavity, may soak through to the back of the plaster inside the room; then in a few years the plaster starts to fall off the sides of the window opening.
That said, I have 4 relatives, who have had their cavities filled and none report any problems in about 30 years. (1 styrene and 3 fibre).

nickcardwell

here you go
0800 512 012 between 9.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday or visit our website at www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/northernireland/.

they will email you a list of grants available.

here is the list of approved contractors (note this list is from may 2007 so it may be updated since...

Insulation Contractor Address Town Postcode Telephone
DCI Energy Control 8 Meadowbank Road CARRICKFERGUS BT38 8YF 028 93368005
JSM Insulation Hillcrest, 3 Gambles Rd, Poyntzpass NEWRY BT35 6TG 028 38318111
Surefill Ltd 35 Coolagh Road, Greysteel LONDONDERRY BT47 3EQ 028 71810099
PMD Insulations 4 Dooish Road, Dromore OMAGH BT78 3AQ 028 82898203
P C Dynes Insulations 34 Creenagh Road DUNGANNON BT71 6HB 028 87740145
Insulation Services 66 Silverbrook Park, New Buildings LONDONDERRY BT47 2RD 028 71341785
Homeseal 5 Tobermore Road, Draperstown MAGHERAFELT BT45 7AG 028 79627474
Homewarm/Homewrap Unit 15, Bluestone Business Park, Moyraverty CRAIGAVON BT65 5HD 028 38346029
Energywise Ltd Unit 28, Euro Centre West, Pennyburn Ind Estate LONDONDERRY BT48 0LU 028 71372640
Alpha Insulation 32 Bramblewood DUNGANNON BT71 6FE 07850 551256
Abbey Insulation Ltd 8 Bangor Road HOLYWOOD BT18 0LQ 028 90428260
Energy Store Ltd 42 Barnsfield Road, Derriaghy LISBURN BT28 3TQ 028 90301140
Belfast Insulation Co Ltd 81 Whinney Hill, Dundonald BELFAST BT16 1UA 028 9042 4411