Not only is effective cavity wall insulation good for your home, it is good for your pocket and good for the environment.

Installing cavity wall insulation is probably the most effective energy saving step you can take. After all, 6 million home owners can’t be wrong!

It is a widely know fact that up to 35% of heat loss in a home can be through the external walls. By installing insulation you will save on your heating costs for many years to come.

Your carbon footprint will also be significantly reduced as a result, producing far less Carbon Dioxide.

Around 5 million homes still have empty cavities that could have cavity wall insulation installed, allowing the occupants to enjoy a warmer and cheaper to heat house. Various Grants and schemes are available to help with the cost, so there really is no reason not to benefit.

Most homes built since the 1920’s have cavity walls, i.e. an inner and an outer ‘skin’ with a gap between them. Filling this gap with insulation material improved the retention of heat on the inside of the property.Methods to insulate your cavity walls:

–Whitewool cavity wall insulation is a mineral fibre

-Expanded Polystyrene Beads (EPS) are a high performance, injected, blown grey bead

Polystyrene beads are completely waterproof, so even if they do get wet, they will dry out without any lasting damage or adverse affect on your insulation.

If your property was built after the 1920’s, you almost certainly have cavity walls. Older houses are more likely to have solid walls.

Your home will usually be suitable for cavity wall insulation if it meets these criteria:

-Its external walls are unfilled cavity walls.

-Your cavity is at least 50mm wide.

-The masonry or brickwork of your property is in good condition.

-It is more than 10 years old (most newer houses will have insulation already).

-The walls are not exposed to driving rain.

Contact us today so we can check the condition of your current masonry or brickwork, and any existing insulation if it exists.

It is estimated that over 60% of us use our lofts for storage.

While this is a convenient way to hide all those suitcases and other items, it can also damage your loft insulation. When compressed, mineral wool insulation becomes much less effective.

Simply boarding over your insulation can have a similar effect if you are using the currently recommended depth of 270mm insulation, as most joists are only 100mm deep.

We specialise in fitting raised boarding, up to a depth of 300mm, to ensure that your insulation material has maximum effect while your boarding provides the ease of access and storage that you need for everyday use.

Once we have insulated your loft as instructed, any finishing off work such as boarding, walkways or storage units are completed to your satisfaction.

You can then sit back and relax in the knowledge that your loft is now properly insulated and plan on what to do with the savings you will make.

*The average saving that proper loft insulation provides to householders in the UK, is approximately £175 per year. This can be more than doubled by ensuring that you have correct cavity wall insulation too!

You’ll need a registered installer to fit cavity wall insulation – it’s not a job you can do yourself.

The insulation material is injected through small holes drilled in the exterior brickwork. Once the installation is complete we make good all brickwork, blending in the installation work to retain the look of your property.

Cavity walls are filled with an insulating material; commonly-used materials include mineral wool, polystyrene beads or foam. Insulating cavity walls will help trap heat and prevent warmth from escaping.

A typical installation usually takes less than half a day.

The average cost of cavity wall insulation can be difficult to determine.

We tend to price each job on an individual basis, as the scope of the required work can vary, especially as we take on jobs of any size.

Although looking at data from the Energy Saving Trust you could save up to £275 a year by insulating cavity walls. Work out the potential savings for your property using the table below (all price are subject to VAT).

All of our work is guaranteed, and is carried out by qualified professionals. We also extract and remove insulation that’s damp and causing problems, and replace/install loft insulation.

-The best qualified teams in the UK

-A guideline price over the telephone where possible

-Free help and advice in diagnosing cavity wall problems

-Detailed surveying capability (which may include thermal imaging and moisture monitoring where required)

-Certificate provided on completion of work

-Blown mineral fibre.

-Polystyrene beads or granules.

-Urea formaldehyde foam.

-Icynene spray foam

In some cases cavities have been filled with Icynene expanding foam,( This product totally seals the cavity void space and stops air flow completely. This sadly is one of the biggest contributors to damp both inside your property and externally and a major cause off high humidity ,when incorrectly applied and currently your home is potentially un mortgageable because of its presence. Our operatives here at IUEX.co.uk after over 25 years in the Business have developed a unique technique and equipment specific for removal of Icynene and returning properties back to how they should be free from Insulation.

As you will know if you are trying to sell or purchase a property with a steel or wooden frame you are unable to Mortgage the property. Upon extraction we provide photographic evidence of all steel and wooden supports to show there integrity.

Cavity wall insulation problems are currently now a main focus of conversation when buying o property as well as both in the Law courts and the Mortgage providers in the UK as due to the thousands of poorly and incorrectly insulated cavity wall spaces throughout the UK many homes are now sadly un mortgageable and riddled with damp and high Humidity.

Apart from the two main issues I have just highlighted above I will explain some of the most common issues relating to failed cavity insulation.

Damp penetration – The most common problems with cavity wall insulation tend to be related to moisture penetration across the cavity which can lead to damp penetrating the internal walls of your property and also damp can penetrate externally through the property wall and is most common in Rendered properties and can remain unnoticed and hidden for many years. I have seen some shocking states of brickwork and mortar hidden behind render over the years in some extreme cases ( Not uncommon may I add) it has been only the Render holding the front of the house up as the majority of the bricks had perished and the mortar just turned to dust.