Green Cavity Wall Insulation

Modern cavity walled properties are built with insulation already in place usually rigid board insulation.

Green cavity wall insulation.

If you re eligible as part of our affordable warmth scheme we ll install cavity and loft insulation free of charge and you don t need to be an e on customer to benefit. Insulate the cavity in your walls with fibre or polybead material and significantly reduce your energy bills by up to 20. Our work is certified by local and international bodies and we are registered under government schemes. When insulation is retrofitted in an older property the options are fiberglass type insulation or polystyrene bead insulation which is more expensive but has a higher performance.

It describes itself as an independent body that provides 25 year guarantees for cavity wall insulation. Around one third of the heat loss from most homes is through the walls so cavity insulation could save you up to 160 a year in heating bills 1 in fact according to figures from the energy saving trust website cavity wall insulation could pay for itself within less than 5 years. What materials are used for cavity wall insulation. Cavity wall insulation involves injecting materials such as mineral wool or polystyrene beads through holes drilled on the outside walls and is carried out to help property owners remain warm.

What is cavity wall insulation. The cavity insulation guarantee agency ciga is an industry funded body and not a regulator. The majority of houses which were built in the past 100 years were built with two layers of wall which left a small space between the two walls known as a cavity. This could be solid wall cavity wall underfloor loft or roof insulation or low carbon heating such as air source or ground source heat pumps a biomass boiler or a solar thermal system.

Cavity wall insulation cwi is an approved green deal and eco measure under the building fabric measures category.