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.

Green cavity wall insulation.

Get cavity wall insulation the most effective way of preventing heat loss in your home is with insulation. 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. Modern cavity walled properties are built with insulation already in place usually rigid board insulation. We have full access to the eco grants provided by the large energy companies.

What is cavity wall insulation. Cavity wall insulation cwi is an approved green deal and eco measure under the building fabric measures category. What materials are used for cavity wall insulation. Cavity wall insulation when installed correctly is a brilliant energy saving solution however there are cases where it is not worth installing cavity wall insulation and solid wall insulation should be installed instead on the cavity walls.

The cavity insulation guarantee agency ciga is an industry funded body and not a regulator. 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. It describes itself as an independent body that provides 25 year guarantees for cavity wall insulation. 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.

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.