We're having the free cavity wall insulation done, the one where they inject the little balls into the wall. Just wondered if this was a couple of hours or all day job.
Just make sure your house isn't timber framed, as it's not advisable to fill the cavity in these. Not every company checks - and many tell lies since they get paid for doing it!
Just make sure your house isn't timber framed, as it's not advisable to fill the cavity in these. Not every company checks - and many tell lies since they get paid for doing it!
Whilst timer framed house shouldn't have conventional cavity wall insulation there are specialist products that fill the stud voids rather than the cavity. These would be well worth considering for those in timber frame houses as well as the insulation products used for solid walls.
We're having the free cavity wall insulation done, the one where they inject the little balls into the wall. Just wondered if this was a couple of hours or all day job.
Anyone had it done, does their house feel warmer?
I had my entire house done a few years ago and to be honest I really didn’t notice any difference whatsoever in terms of the house generally feeling warmer.
I have gas heating and looking at my historic gas consumption it didn’t appear to have had any effect in reducing it; however, that will always be a moot point as it’s very difficult to compare year on year figures as there are so many variables; i.e. severe winter or mild winter etc.
..............I'm sure it must have had a beneficial effect, but in my house at least, it wasn't blindingly obvious.;-)
I had my flat done a few years ago.........I've got little ventilation grills up near the ceilings in 3 rooms and all the wall filler stuff just blew out of them.........I had to gaffer tape them up.
..............I'm sure it must have had a beneficial effect, but in my house at least, it wasn't blindingly obvious.;-)
If you have okay heating then you wouldn't expect to feel any warmer as the thermostats will just have the heating on less. You would expect to use less fuel.
Where people would feel warmer is where they had inadequate heating that couldn't cope whereas with less heat lost the house will now be warmer. Also you may feel warmer if right up against an external wall.
Yes, half a day tops. You might want to check every wall has a cavity, and I'll tell you why. I had it done in one house I lived in, a solidly-built 4 bedroomer. This was in the days when they used the foamy stuff, and it was a terrible day, wind, rain, the lot. It took the guy all day to do it as it kept blowing everywhere. When he'd finished, I gave him a brew and signed up, and he went on his way.
So I went to the loo. We had a 2nd downstairs toilet next to the front door. When I opened the door, the toilet was full of foam. I mean full. Right up to the ceiling .
It turned out that the front wall from the front door to the side of the house wasn't a cavity wall till it got beyond the toilet.
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Definately warmer, it's that long since we had it done I can't remember what it was like before.
Whilst timer framed house shouldn't have conventional cavity wall insulation there are specialist products that fill the stud voids rather than the cavity. These would be well worth considering for those in timber frame houses as well as the insulation products used for solid walls.
I had my entire house done a few years ago and to be honest I really didn’t notice any difference whatsoever in terms of the house generally feeling warmer.
I have gas heating and looking at my historic gas consumption it didn’t appear to have had any effect in reducing it; however, that will always be a moot point as it’s very difficult to compare year on year figures as there are so many variables; i.e. severe winter or mild winter etc.
..............I'm sure it must have had a beneficial effect, but in my house at least, it wasn't blindingly obvious.;-)
If you have okay heating then you wouldn't expect to feel any warmer as the thermostats will just have the heating on less. You would expect to use less fuel.
Where people would feel warmer is where they had inadequate heating that couldn't cope whereas with less heat lost the house will now be warmer. Also you may feel warmer if right up against an external wall.
So I went to the loo. We had a 2nd downstairs toilet next to the front door. When I opened the door, the toilet was full of foam. I mean full. Right up to the ceiling
It turned out that the front wall from the front door to the side of the house wasn't a cavity wall till it got beyond the toilet.