Slate Insulations Ltd is your one-stop solution for insulating and heating your home - with cavity wall insulation, cavity wall insulation removal extraction, damp proofing, loft insulation, and general building services. About 35 per cent of heat loss from UK homes takes place through external walls. Most homes built after 1920 have twin exterior walls with a narrow cavity between them. You can tell from the pattern of the brickwork or the thickness. Filling the space between the exterior and interior walls will reduce the heat loss and, therefore, energy consumption.
25% of the energy used to heat your home is lost through an un-insulated roof - but the simple step of having your roof or loft space insulated will not only save you money but will also reduce your carbon footprint on the planet. Increasing your loft insulation to at least 270mm is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to achieve this and here at Slate Insulations we utilise only the best products to give you the best value for money. We are a trusted Loft Insulation Company. The Energy Saving Trust reckons cavity insulation can save an average three-bedroom home up to £160/year on its bills.
Slate Insulations Ltd. provide a specialist cavity wall insulation removal service, after dampness and condensation have damaged the walls. Our process, carried out by qualified staff, offers the best way of returning the customer's property back to its original condition. Once wet, old insulation material breaks down, becomes sodden and clumpy, therefore, rendering it inefficient. This inefficiency means that heat is lost through the walls, decreasing the warmth in the home resulting in using more heating/electricity.
Slate Insulations Ltd. insulate cavity walls to minimise heat loss. We will fill the space in your wall with our two system cavity wall insulation - SIG Superfill 40. This lessens the air within the cavity preventing convection and can substantially reduce space heating costs. To insulate your cavity walls, the installer drills small holes at intervals of around 1m in the outside wall of your home. With specially designed equipment, they then blow the insulation into the cavity. We then make good all the holes by using our many colour dies to match the joints in the brickwork and in rendered properties we would use a colour mix cement for a smooth or rough texture.
Slate Insulations Ltd is a full service company that also provides external wall insualtion, Solar PV installations and General Building Services. If your property does not have cavity walls - it's still possible to insulate your external walls extremely effectively. Solid walls are usually found on buildings constructed before the 1930s and there are are plenty of these in the UK! Please take time to visit our sister site Slate External Wall Insulation for full details of this service we provide.
These days, we're all concerned about saving energy because lower energy bills mean lower household bills that help the money go just that little bit further. Government schemes such as the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) give households help with insulation and heating packages including cavity wall insulation. If your house is currently not insulated and it meets the government's criteria, you could qualify. The Energy Saving Trust estimates that an annual saving of £250 can be achieved on an average detached house in the UK.