Cavity wall insulation
Around a third of all heat lost in an un-insulated home is lost through its walls. Insulating cavity walls is a relatively easy process and can save you over 100 on your heating bills over the space of a year.
Saving energy in your home means reducing your carbon footprint and also means saving you money as well. Insulating your cavity walls can also cut down on the amount of condensation in your home too.
Cavity Wall insulation isn't something that you can do yourself. You need to employ a registered installer to do it for you. Manley and Pitcher are a registered cavity wall insulating company. to carry out the insulation the wall is injected with insulating material by drilling small holes in the external wall through the mortar joints. The holes are generally around 2cm wide and are made good after the injection by the installer. The material injected is normally mineral wool, polystyrene beads or white foam.
Although cavity wall insulation will mean an initial outlay to yourself the results will surprise you. There are also grants available for installation.
Generally if your home was built in the last 20 years it is unlikely that it will need cavity wall insulation - if it was built prior to this you could be missing out on saving on your heating bills!
