Residence insulation retains you hotter for much less, and we’re actually proud to put in cavity wall and loft insulation for purchasers by way of the Nice British Insulation Scheme and inside wall insulation by way of the ECO Scheme.
However after we say we’ll set up insulation in your house, what precisely does that imply?
We will set up most varieties of insulation in 2-3 hours – so it’s typically so simple as our pleasant installers popping spherical to get the job carried out in half a day. Should you’re having inside wall insulation, it’ll take round 5 days.
Air flow
For any insulation to work nicely, your house wants good air flow. They go hand in hand: insulation retains the heat in, air flow makes positive moisture can nonetheless evaporate and escape to keep away from damp. A nicely ventilated house will enhance air high quality which is a lot better on your well being and well-being.
Earlier than your insulation appointment we’ll go to your house and see whether or not it wants any additional air flow. After this go to we’ll be in contact to let you already know what air flow we’ll want to put in so that you can be eligible for whichever scheme you’ve utilized to.
That may embody:
Including extractor followers within the kitchen and toilet
- What’s it? We’ll set up small electrical followers that detect and take away moisture to ventilate the room. The extra moisture they detect, the tougher they work. These are tremendous widespread in trendy properties, so that you’ll have seen them earlier than.
- What do we’ve to do? Our installers will drill a 10cm gap by way of an exterior wall in any rooms with working water and set up a fan. We’ll match a canopy to the outside to cease any moisture or rain from getting in. Relying on the fabric of your partitions this could possibly be as fast as 10 minutes or as much as one hour.
- Why have them? Avoids damp and mold – plus it’s tremendous useful to have the ability to clear the air should you burn your morning toast, or desteam the toilet mirror after a bathe.
Including trickle vents to your home windows
- What’s it? We’ll set up small openings in all of your home windows to permit a small quantity of air to stream right into a room to ventilate it, even when the window is closed. These vents will be opened and closed.
- What do we’ve to do? Our installers will drill holes within the inside and outdoors of your window frames to screw the trickle vents in place.
- Why have them? Offers air flow, avoids condensation, and helps to take away stale air and nasty odours – securely, even whenever you’re not at house.
Creating a little bit area underneath your inside doorways
- What’s it? We’ll shave 1-2 cm off the underside of the doorways (relying in your kind of flooring). The tiny hole gained’t be noticeable to you however permits air to raised stream between rooms.
- What do we’ve to do? Our installers will take the doorways off and shave a tiny little bit of area on the underside earlier than becoming them again on. It sometimes takes half-hour for every door.
- Why have it? Helps moist air to flee and contemporary air to enter, lowering condensation and danger of mould. It additionally helps to enhance air high quality and even temperatures from room to room.
Kinds of insulation
As soon as your air flow is fitted, our installers will be capable of match your house insulation. The perfect kind of insulation on your house shall be determined throughout your house survey.
We match both loft or cavity wall insulation (however not each collectively) underneath the Nice British Insulation Scheme or inside wall insulation underneath the ECO Scheme.
Loft insulation
- What’s it? We’ll set up a light-weight loft roll insulation to cease warmth loss by way of your roof.
- What do we’ve to do? We’ll want you to take away any loft boards earlier than we arrive in order that we are able to entry the loft to put the insulation.
- Why have them? Scale back the quantity of warmth escaping your house by way of your roof, which is able to assist get monetary savings in your payments.
Cavity wall insulation
- What’s it? An insulation materials that’s injected between internal and outer partitions to cut back warmth loss.
- What do we’ve to do? We’ll must drill holes in your outdoors wall, inject the insulation, and seal the holes as soon as we’re carried out. It ought to take about 2-3 hours.
- Why have them? It’ll convey down heating and cooling prices that can assist you get monetary savings in your invoice – and it improves hearth security too.
Inside wall insulation
- What’s it? Inflexible insulation boards fitted on to the inside of external-facing partitions in your house.
- What do we’ve to do? A plumber will take away radiators and an electrician will take away any sockets and lightweight switches earlier than the insulation can start. We’ll set up 10cm insulation and 1.25cm plasterboard earlier than plastering on high. We’ll reconnect your radiators and ensure your sockets and lightweight switches are working once more earlier than we go away. This will take 5 days to finish. We’ll additionally provide you with a £300 voucher to assist with the price of redecorating.
- Why have them? It’ll enhance power effectivity, assist to maintain you cosy and get monetary savings in your payments – it might add worth to your house too.
Hear from our clients
“I used to be understandably nervous concerning the set up. I’ve by no means had work accomplished to this diploma earlier than. Nonetheless, there was no want for concern. From the second the workforce arrived, they have been very well mannered {and professional}. All of them labored extraordinarily arduous whereas protecting me knowledgeable each step of the way in which. I used to be not left dissatisfied. The standard of labor and cleanliness is to be applauded. Because of the entire workforce at Octopus Vitality, my kids now have a heat, damp free house. I’ll stay ceaselessly grateful.”
James, February 2024
“The installers minimised any disruption to me and knowledgeable me upfront as to how they have been going to proceed and what they deliberate to do which helped me put together myself for it. They have been respectful of my property and stuff. If any situation they have been comfortable to debate and accommodate. Made me really feel a part of the method. I’ve nothing however reward for them. I’m grateful to Octopus for having enabled this set up. Look ahead to a hotter house this winter.”
Zulfiquar, July 2024