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Figures show that up to half of your heat is lost through un-insulated walls. It is possible to prevent around 70% of this from being lost by installing cavity wall insulation. Typically this would result in a heating bill saving of around 25%.

Cavity insulation can be applied to most houses with cavity walls and generally involves drilling a series of holes in the outer leaf of the outside wall and blowing the insulation into the cavity. The holes can be sealed again leaving little or no trace of the work.

Cavity wall insulation will make your house feel warmer as it will not be subject to rapid temperature changes brought about by changes in the outside temperature. As a result, your central heating will be able to cope more easily as it will only require short bursts of heating to maintain your chosen temperature.

Wall insulation helps to reduce the amount of gas, oil, coal or electricity used to heat your house. Savings in these mean equivalent savings in Carbon Dioxide which is the main greenhouse gas. Green house gasses cause global warming which results in climate change. The climate here is already showing signs of colder stormier winters and summer droughts.

Wall insulation should last the lifetime of the house and will therefore continue to save every year of the life of the house.

Cavity wall insulation costs about £4.70 per metre squared of external wall. (i.e. a three bed semi-detached would cost about £479)

The Energy Saving Trust intermittently offer grants of £200 cash towards each job. Contact them to find out the current situation (see below and Links)

It will save you up to one-third of your running costs, and can pay for itself within three to four years.

News source : http://www.morpethherald.co.uk

 BOROUGH residents on low incomes hit by rising fuel costs have been told they will get support with home energy saving  measures.

Castle Morpeth Council has already pledged to increasing funding to Northumberland Warm Zone to at least £200,000 in 2008-09 for property insulation.

Northumberland Warm Zone has developed a scheme where cavity wall insulation and loft insulation will be available to private householders for £99 each.

“The situation has increased a lot in the last six months with rising prices and this will be reflected in the Borough, meaning many will struggle to afford the £99 for insulation works, so these people should be given priority in how the money is used.

Northumberland Warm Zone will also run a competition to provide £1,000 worth of energy saving home improvements later this year.

If you are thinking of saving energy , cutting down your gas and electricity bills then INSULATION is the answer to all these problems!!

http://www.earthwool.co.uk provides your order right under your loft hatch! Also Earthwool has introduced great price reductions so order now!!!
 

Earthwool loft Insulation is now available at reduced prices

Earthwool announces significant price reductions on loft insulation. You can order online and it will be delivered straight to your door or loft hatch.

What is Earthwool made from?
Earthwool is a new glass mineral wool designed to improve upon the already exceptional environmental credentials of standard glasswool by increasing the use of both sustainable and recycled raw materials.

How is Earthwool different from other glasswool?
Earthwool improves the already exceptional environmental credentials of glass mineral wool and is manufactured with an increased use of sustainable raw materials and recycled glass (which result in the distinctive brown colour). It has a higher thermal performance than our standard loft roll(0.040 W/mK Lambda value).

Why Earthwool Insulation

1. Buy Insulation online and we Earthwool will deliver under your loft hatch.
2. Earthwool is a high perfomance glasswool made with recycled bottles with higher thermal performance compared to other loft insulation.
3. Made with recycled glass bottles
4. A natural “earthy” colour
5. Higher performance, energy saving insulation
6. Compression packed for easy handling (and reduced emissions from transportation from factory to loft)
7. Combined thermal and acoustic insulation
8. Unbeatable A1 Fire Classification
9. Insulation properties rely on trapped air rather than the injected pentane in some rigid boards

News source: http://www.fylde.gov.uk

Fylde Low Waste and Energy (FLoWE) and Fylde Borough Council are backing the Home Carbon Saver scheme operated by Energy Services which is committed to helping improve the energy efficiency of all private properties in the Central and Park Wards of the Fylde Borough area.

FLoWE supports the Government’s initiative to drive down the UK’s carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by 2010 and has sourced substantial funding to help all residents to do the same.

As part of the scheme, Home Carbon Saver offers householders grant funded discounts on loft and cavity wall insulation. Residents of Fylde may also qualify for fully funded insulation work depending on individual circumstances.

Over the next few weeks Energy Services, an external organization, will be sending surveyors some parts of the Fylde to deliver letters to households. They will then go door to door with free energy saving advice and confirm what residents are entitled to under the scheme.

Cavity wall insulation works by injecting a substance into the space between the inner and outer levels of brickwork in the external walls of your home. There are many different types of substance that can be used to do this, but they all work by combining with the captive air in the wall cavity and becoming a filling to decrease the amount of heat escaping from your home.

Cavity wall insulation is a good way to significantly reduce the amount of energy you need to heat your home, and reduce carbon emissions.

The average house could reduce heating costs by 15%. In fact, between 2002 and 2005 around 800,000 households installed cavity wall insulation.

It is estimated that this will have saved nearly 400,000 tonnes of CO2, enough to fill the new Wembley Stadium 47 times.

If all the houses with unfilled cavity walls had them filled, the energy saved could heat 1.7 million homes each year.

Around a third of all the heat lost in an un-insulated home is lost through the walls. If you have cavity walls, insulating them will significantly improve the thermal efficiency of your home and it could save you –around £90 a year on your fuel bills.

The cost of cavity wall insulation has never been lower as it is subsidised by the Government. For an average house the cost of installation is about £500- . Making the return on investment around only 5 years. Saving 750KGs CO2 per year.

Cavity wall insulation is injected into the cavity from outside the home, it takes typically two to three hours to insulate a three bed semi and typically costs under £500.

“Glasswool insulation saves over 1500 times the energy used in its manufacture over the lifetime of a building.”

“If everyone in the UK installed cavity wall insulation, we would cut CO₂ emissions by 9 million tonnes. That’s enough to fill nearly 51 million doubledecker buses” [source]

“Insulating both cavity walls and lofts can save a household up to £200 every year in heating costs.” [1]

It’s now generally accepted that emitting carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere is the main cause of climate change. CO₂ absorbs the sun rays and the energy it radiates heats up the Earth. This is commonly known as the “Greenhouse Effect”

Unfortunately, we cannot stop climate change in the short term, but we can immediately contribute to the solution. The concentration of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere means that further climate change is inevitable. These will take years to be absorbed by our forests and oceans, but there are other things we can do as a nation that will have a positive effect on slowing down climate change.

There is no one solution, but instead a variety of measures:

1. Improve ‘Energy Efficiency’ - Insulation, condensing boilers, cars with smaller engines
2. Switch to ‘Renewable Energy‘ sources - Wind, tide, solar, geothermal
3. Increase the efficiency of ‘Fossil Fuel’ power stations
4. Switch to ‘Nuclear’ power stations

Should you care

The impact of climate change is growing and the future effects are potentially devastating.

We have all seen the recent extremes in weather conditions, and this is only the start. With the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, we will inevitably experience more significant changes, including:

Drought and Flooding
This will affect people’s health and lifestyle and cause the irreversible loss of many species of plants and animals.

Higher Temperatures
Out of the 10 hottest summers in the past 100 years, half have occurred in the last 10 years. There are plenty of visible signs. For instance, for the first time since records began, the Northwest Passage through the arctic is now navigable due to shrinking ice floes.

Rising Sea Levels
This is caused by the polar ice caps and mountain glaciers melting. It will jeopardise the existence of some island states and displace millions of people in low lying areas. In the UK rising seas will threaten coastal communities.

Climate change will bring huge costs to our economy, environment and society. To see how it will affect the UK, why not visit www.ukcip.org.uk/scenarios

Q1.  How much will loft insulation cost?
A1. The cost depends on the size of your house, however, with subsidies, it will usually cost around £250 to install yourself – which can pay for itself in just over 2 years.

Q2. How much loft insulation do I need?
A2. To meet current Building Regulations you need 270mm of mineral wool insulation. 100mm between the ceiling joists and 170mm laid over the joists.

Q3. How do I find out how much loft insulation I have?
A3. Simply push a tape measure or ruler down the side of a piece of loft insulation until it hits the plasterboard ceiling and read off the depth.

Q4. I have lots of rubbish in my loft. Do I need to clear it out or will the installer do this for me?
A4. Yes, you will need to clear the roof of any rubbish or stored objects before the insulation is installed.

Q5. I want to use my loft for storage, how can I do that if it is insulated to the depth recommended?
A5. Your installer can also lay new, innovative loft boards called Supadeck to provide storage space. click here to view. These are laminated boards made from Polyfoam extruded polystyrene and moisture resistant chipboard designed to be placed on top of the ceiling joists instead of the 170mm mineral wool insulation. You will need a loft hatch which is minimum 600mm x 600mm.

Q6. How long does it take professionals to install loft insulation?
A6. It takes about 2 hours for an average sized loft.

Q7. How long would it take me to insulate my loft?
A7. Allow about half a day once you have bought the insulation. Remember - you will need one layer of 100mm between your roof joists if you don’t have any insulation, then a second layer of 170mm on top (cross layered) to comply with current building regulations. Measure the area of your loft and look at the packaging label for the area contained in a roll.

thinkinsulation.com is a source of clear and practical advice on energy efficiency. Here you’ll find useful information and tips on how you can improve your home’s energy efficiency, help reduce emissions of harmful greenhouse gases and save money into the bargain.

Step by Step Guide to install Loft Insulation with Earthwool

Step 1 Ensure that the first layer of Earthwool is the same thickness as the ceiling joists and roll out from the roof tiles to the centre of the loft. More
Step 2   When space along the joists is filled, the end of the roll be turned back to start an extra layer of insulation or may be cut to size.More
Step 3  Layer insulation to the required thickness ensuring the ceiling beneath is completely covered except directly under the water tank.More
Step 4  The Second Layer of Earthwool is laid at right angles to the ceiling joists, with all the edges butted togetherMore