External WALL INSULATION
FREE EXTERNAL SOLID WALL INSULATION GRANTS AVAILABLEBenefits
- Protect your home from heat loss
- Save money on your heating bill
- Lower your carbon footprint
Insulating your solid walls could cut your heating costs considerably, and make your home more comfortable.
If your home was built before the 1920s, its external walls are probably solid walls rather than cavity walls.
- Solid walls have no gap, so they can’t be filled with cavity wall insulation.
- Cavity walls are made of two layers with a small gap or ‘cavity’ between them.
Solid walls can be insulated though – either from the inside or the outside. This will cost more than insulating a standard cavity wall, but the savings on your heating bills will be bigger too.
Solid Wall
If your home has solid walls, the bricks will have an alternating pattern, with some bricks laid across the wall so you can see the smaller ends from the outside.
Cavity Wall
If your home has cavity walls, the bricks will usually have an even pattern with all the bricks laid lengthways.
If the brickwork has been covered, you can also tell by measuring the width of the wall. Examine a window or door on one of your external walls.
- If a brick wall is more than 260mm thick then it is probably a cavity wall.
- A narrower wall is probably a solid wall. Stone walls may be thicker still but are usually solid.
If you live in a house that has a non-traditional construction such as a concrete, steel or timber-framed building, you will need a specialist installer with experience in insulating your building type to advise you on your options.
Costs, savings and financial support
Typical installation costs* of solid wall insulation can vary as follows:
- External wall insulation: around £12,000.
- Internal wall insulation: around £8,500.
*Based on a typical 3-bedroom, semi-detached house in Great Britain
Can I get FREE external wall insulation?
it is possible to get free external wall insulation through the ECO4 Scheme, but you need to meet specific criteria, such as income and benefits
- Armed Forces Independence Payment
- Attendance Allowance
- Carer’s Allowance
- Child Benefit
- Constant Attendance Allowance
- Disability Living Allowance
- Pension Guarantee Credit
- Income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- Income Support
- Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit
- Mobility Supplement
- Personal Independence Payment
- Severe Disablement Allowance
- Tax Credits (Child Tax Credits and Working Tax Credits)
- Universal Credit
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