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  • 52 of 52 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    heneghan

    5 Stars Dont wait - insulate 26/04/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Lower fuel bills, warmer home, less pollution

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None if properly installed by reputable contractor

    Not surprisingly, a lot of heat escapes through walls. If you have cavity walls - and about half the houses in this country do, you could reduce your fuel bills by up to one third by installing cavity wall insulation. If your home was built after the early 1930's you probably have a cavity, although houses built after 1980 will have been insulated as they were built. Cavity wall insulation is a job for specialist contractor and is NOT one you can do yourself. Ask a reputable contractor who specialises in cavity wall insulation to carry out a survey on the suitability of your house for cavity ... more
  • 21 of 21 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    SusanLesley

    5 Stars This will save you money and keep you warm 27/02/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Keeps the house warm and the costs down

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Initial outlay although thats not too bad

    I decided to have cavity wall insulation installed early in 1997 after seeing an advertisement in our local paper offering a £200 grant towards the cost. Our house was built around 1930 and is an end terrace, thus having three external walls, so I thought cavity wall insulation would be a good investment and I was right! I contacted the firm recommended in the advertisement, Heatsavers Insulation Limited, who came and did a survey of my house. They asked questions about the house – any problems with damp, availability of access etc. and offered me a quote of £479 less the £200 grant ... more
  • 32 of 32 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    BUBBLES171

    5 Stars When the Duvet needs a Duvet to keep warm 16/03/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Is so warm and cosy

    Disadvantages Disadvantages the mess

    Well if this is not the house that Jack Built, then i honestly do not know. One problem after another and we have found that building regulations were broke. So how were they broke, well apparently according to the bloke who come to do our cavity wall insulation yesterday, our house should have been done as it is under 10 years of age. I laughed and told him, this is the house that Jack Built and when he saw wooden double glazing he started to have doubts. So what made us have cavity wall insulation as you do not know whether or not it is done? Well the simple first sign is that our heating ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    KH206cc

    5 Stars Insulation Plus 16/04/2004
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Meets all building regulations

    Disadvantages Disadvantages canbe expensive

    As I work in the building industry I know a vast range of manufactures and specified material that can be used in Cavity Wall Insulation. Manufacturers such as:- • Rockwool • Kingspan & #8226; Isowool Those listed above are probably the three main guys in the industry but their are others. There have been some major changes in the industry like, new U-values - increased thicknesses of insulation will be required for certain applications. New method for calculating U-values - the cold bridging of wall ties and roof fixings is taken into account and the type of edge of insulation ... more
  • 8 of 8 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    johnt

    5 Stars pays for itself 09/10/2000
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages fitted easily without mess, house is warmer and cheaper to run

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    Modern properties have insulation already built into the wall cavity to reduce heat loss. With older properties this cavity is empty ultimately leading to higher heating bills. Three years ago we had our cavity wall insulation fitted. Under a goverment grant scheme half the cost was paid for due to energy effeciency. The remaining half worked out at £250, this was for a semi. The job was initially viewed by their surveyor with the installation taking place a couple of weeks later. This took only half a day to do. The fiters drill a series of holes through the brickwork, a foam insulation is ... more
  • 2 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    donnerstodoit

    1 Star CAVITY WALL INSULATION. MARK GROUP 01/06/2011
    User doesn't recommend the product

    Advantages Advantages Good Survey Good Installation teams

    Disadvantages Disadvantages No internal communication in Coy. No info passed to Installation teams

    Surveyed property and then failed to communicate special requirements to installation Teams TWICE!!! Job surveyed on 19 May. Survey stated that Access required Conservatory ladders, 3 Storey ladder and Crawlers. Work agreed for 14 june. Team in area on 26 May (I think that was the date) and we agreed to do job on that day. Team arrived , no equipment apart from normal ladders. They had no information whatsoever. Could not do the job. They informed their office what was required to do the job. I spoke with the office and it was agreed to return on Wednesday 1 June (Today) and do the work. Team ... more
  • 2 of 2 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    benspray

    5 Stars Home insulation grants 22/07/2008
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Free for over 60's, frendly service, great and easy to use website

    Disadvantages Disadvantages were so busy i had to wait 2 weeks for a survey

    Wow this really is worth while an if you find a company that do home insulation grants the jobs could be done for free, my parents had a company in www.homeinsulationgrants.com as they offer grants and because they were over 60 they said they were entitled to it completely free. My parents were apprehensive at first as they could believe it was free, but they came did an amazing job an it was completely free. They are so pleased! it has really cut there heating bill an now there house is warm in the winter an they are not bothered with putting the heating on as they know its not going to cost ... more
  • 4 of 4 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Andiekitty

    2 Stars Disappointing, and still cold 29/07/2011

    Advantages Advantages Could make house more saleable

    Disadvantages Disadvantages House is still cold, and no difference to fuel bills

    We have a 1980s terraced house and had both cavity wall insulation and loft insulation fitted last year in the summer of 2010. We used a well known CW company (Mark). Due to help from Government grants, the total cost came to £200 (plus I had to pay my builder £400 to have the house repainted, as afterwards it did look like something from a war zone). I had read around the subject on the internet, and from other people's experiences I was looking forward to making substantial savings on my fuel bills, especially as the loft was being done was well. I had read independent quotes of around £200 ... more
  • 13 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    jamie.0

    5 Stars Save your MONEY! 19/11/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages it makes house fuel cheaper and keeps you warm

    Disadvantages Disadvantages a little messy and a tadge noisy.

    Our house had cavity wall insulation a few weeks ago and has made our house much much warmer. We save loads of money because you make a turnover in a few years because it reduces your council tax. It also keeps your house warmer so you dont have to have the thermostat on so high. Plus you dont have to put on a gas fire or heater so often. All they do is drill stuff into your walls in about 15 different places (depending on house size) Its a great way to get a money saver. Another good point is that some cavity wall insulators give you a chance to get some of your money back by recommending it ... more
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