Government Insulation Grants For your Home

There are multiple grants for insulation.

Prior to 1926, homes were typically constructed with solid walls that could not be insulated. Insulated cavity walls were required by the Building Regulations for properties built after January 1, 1983. If your house was built between 1926 and 1983 and has external cavity walls, it most likely does not have cavity wall insulation.

It means that you may lose up to 35% of the heat you generate through uninsulated walls.

By installing free cavity wall insulation in a detached house with four bedrooms and gas central heating, you can save up to £275 per year, according to the Energy Saving Trust.

In addition, you could save even more if you upgrade your heating that runs on oil, LPG or coal to low carbon heating systems such as heat pumps.

In some circumstances, your cavity insulation can be extracted and replaced if the job was completed incorrectly in the past and your insulation is not efficient. You can learn more about cavity wall insulation removal here.

The roof can lose up to a quarter of your home’s heat, but mineral wool can help limit this loss.

A well-insulated loft, attic, or flat roof will reduce heat loss and reduce energy bills. For those unable to afford the cost, loft insulation grant is available. However, a household must meet specific requirements in order to qualify for these funds delivered through the Energy Company Obligation (ECO) scheme.

Some properties aren’t suitable for loft insulation, so a survey will be required.

If you’re eligible for free loft insulation under ECO funding, the cost of having it professionally installed will be fully covered by a grant for insulation from the ECO scheme. The funding will be 100% free to you and will not require repayment if you receive a benefit or other government support like tax credit or income support (see full list of eligible benefits).

The term ‘Room in roof’ is used to describe a room within your roof that is accessed via a fixed staircase. Most of the time, there will be sloping ceilings visible in the room, although if there are full-width dormer windows present, there may not be any sloping ceilings visible. Depending on the design of the building, the room in the roof might be a converted roof space, such as a loft conversion, or a part of the original design, such as the upper floor of a dormer bungalow.

The amount of heat that is lost straight through the roof can total up to 25% if you have an attic room or a loft conversion which is not insulated.

With the help of Room in Roof grant insulation, you can insulate your roof area, which would keep it warmer during the winter.

As long as you have an upward staircase leading to your attic room, you may qualify for Room in Roof Insulation Grants, regardless of whether the attic room is used as a bedroom, office, playroom, or any other purpose.

The solid external walls of a building can be either insulated on the outside (external wall insulation) or on the inside (internal wall insulation).

You may qualify for a grant for solid wall insulation if you have a brick or stone external wall. This is because a solid wall is bad at retaining heat, allowing twice as much heat to escape in comparison to a cavity wall with insulation installed, and therefore their insulation meets the energy efficiency upgrades improvement criteria aligned in the Carbon Saving Obligation document laid out by the UK government.

Most houses constructed before 1930 have solid walls, which are perfect for insulation of external walls.

In most cases, a solid wall can be insulated either internally or externally using a high-density insulating material.

Internal wall insulation can be installed by cladding the interior of the external walls of your home with rigid insulation. Another option is to construct stud walls and fill them with mineral wool fibre for insulation.

You can apply for a Solid Wall Insulation Grant to help install insulation both internally and externally via ECO funding. The external and internal solid wall insulation installation will be 100% free to the customer and will be fully funded by energy companies.

External insulation grant is for the installation of an insulation layer of material to the external surface of a property’s walls in order to reduce the impact of heat loss and make the building more energy efficient.

The building exterior is then covered with special rendering or cladding. In terms of finishing, a wall’s surface can be smooth, textured, painted, tiled, panelled, pebble-dash, or finished with brick slips.

Installing external wall insulation will be beneficial to your home and will help you save money on your energy bill.

An internal wall insulation grant entails insulating your external walls on the inside with rigid boards. The wall can also be constructed from studs and insulated with glass fibre. The insulation material can either be attached to the wall directly, or it can be placed inside a timber frame that has been filled with insulation material.

Both are instances where fixtures and fittings must be removed from the wall and then reattached to the new wall.