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Insulation

  • 09-10-2012 12:07pm
    #1
    thecomedian
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    We have recently bought a 20 year old bungalow about 1100sq ft. It's a block house with cavity walls. It has some insulation in the attic.
    I was advised to put in more in the attic to get to 200mm ( I think)
    I was also thinking of getting the walls pumped, is this costly? and is the results worth it?


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  • #2
    kkelliher
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    for clarity does it have a cavity ie two rows of blockwork iwht a gap between or is it cavity blocks?


  • #3
    thecomedian
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    kkelliher wrote: »
    for clarity does it have a cavity ie two rows of blockwork iwht a gap between or is it cavity blocks?

    It has 2 rows with a 100mm gap.

    It has 100mm insulation in the attic at the moment.


  • #4
    kkelliher
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    thecomedian wrote: »
    It has 2 rows with a 100mm gap.

    It has 100mm insulation in the attic at the moment.

    well then yes you can have the cavity filled and the cost should be in the region of €1700-2000 depending on the specification on the material chosen. You may even get cheaper if you shop around.

    Attic insulation will cost you about €500-700 again depending on product but also the attic layout. This should cover laggin pipes also.


  • #5
    kkelliher
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    I believe there are still grants for this so you should check out www.seai.ie


  • #6
    snow mad
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    kkelliher wrote: »
    I believe there are still grants for this so you should check out www.seai.ie

    grants are really a load of crap if you get an seai registered company as instead of non registered it will probably end up costing you more even with the grant.


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  • #7
    muffler
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    snow mad wrote: »
    grants are really a load of crap if you get an seai registered company as instead of non registered it will probably end up costing you more even with the grant.
    generally the price difference comes around because you get inferior works carried out when you're not availing of the grant. A large chunk of "grant approved" work is actually inspected independently and therefore the contractors have to make sure its fit for the purpose so to speak and dont want to cut corners as they run the risk of being removed from the list of approved installers.

    You get what you pay for so it's up to yourself really.


  • #8
    rushfan
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    Had a chap from Electric Ireland call to house recently offering to have front of house insulated. It's a semi-d, red brick to the front, ordinary plastered cavity block to back and sides. Seems only the front can be done, would cost e250 with a return from them of e50. Heard it advertised on radio too, so appears above board. Does this sound like decent value?


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