whilst this may be true it is still a good thing imo. we have to get our housing stock more energy efficient. there used to be grants to do this but they seem to have dried up so I welcome them coming back.
Government joins with households to help millions reduce their energy bills
New measures set to help hundreds of thousands better insulate their homes and reduce consumption while saving families hundreds of pounds each year.www.gov.uk
Bit of a kick if you've spent money insulating and you'd be eligible for this expanded scheme.
Yeah social housing might not also mean private rental, most schemes I looked at seemed to require been the owner of the home, although was a couple I came across which were for private tenants, but of course you had to be on certain benefits which was understandable.
Mine is already done and calulated now. As expected no savings to be had but I was not actually expecting any.
I feel like £1bn is barely a drop in the ocean though. I saw a figure earlier this year (article and data being the latest) that said 50% of housing in the UK has no wall insulation. Depending on the house construction, that's either a "simple" cavity wall filling, or if it's timber frame then you'd need to take all plasterboard off the external walls to fill with insulation and weatherproofing properly - that's surely going to be both expensive and a huge inconvenience.
It isn't just that. A lot of houses are also solid walls so you would have to externally or internally clad them. Timber frame generally is already either cavity or external clad though due to age of timber frame construction for housing stock.
You're right - I'd completely forgotten about solid wall housing (even though I lived in one until recently
). That makes that pot even smaller then, I'd guess.If you are talking 'modern' timber frame and not ancient history or victorian era which are completely different and would not be cavity. Mid 70's is when timber frame was really a thing and relatively still low numbers. Those would be limited to no insulation but we are talking low thousands house numbers. late 90's onwards they are insulated generally and thats where they are produced in the tens of thousands range so yes there is probably 50-100k timber frame homes that do need it but relative to other homes it is a lower figure if you take UK wide numbers.You're right - I'd completely forgotten about solid wall housing (even though I lived in one until recently
My house (2017) is timber-frame. Is it only recent houses that tend to be timber frame then? I know most houses are usually built as cavity wall or timber-frame these days, but I'd assumed timber frame had been used for decades.
I will give it another 24 hours before checking again, not done here.
I think if the windows arent up to scratch they should be done first? seems less intrusive whilst more effective, then walls after that? But this scheme like the last one seems to assume everyone already has PVC double glazing.You're right - I'd completely forgotten about solid wall housing (even though I lived in one until recently
My house (2017) is timber-frame. Is it only recent houses that tend to be timber frame then? I know most houses are usually built as cavity wall or timber-frame these days, but I'd assumed timber frame had been used for decades.
From the same article I mentioned earlier, something like 85% of houses have PVC double-glazing, so I'm not surprised it's overlooked. I'm sure the high figure masks the varying levels of window quality and age though!
Yeah there is low quality PVC, my childhood home had it at the back but it was in poor condition.
We have solid walls and had external wall insulation added. Made a huge difference. We already had double glazing.
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