Please remember these ideas are suggestions only. You will need to ensure that they are safe to implement and that they work effectively in your own, particular, circumstances. Specific products are mentioned as examples. There is no intention to endorse specific solutions or products.
Understanding thermal Images NHBC – thermal-imaging-report-guide.pdf – (when to be concerned)
Chimney Sheep® Draught Excluder
Removable chimney draft excluders – NOTE measure chimney opening carefully as they come in different shapes and sizes
Why Use Loft Caps For Downlights?
https://www.screwfix.com/p/loftleg-loft-lid-downlight-protector-155mm/327tl
Home energy improvement guide – Surrey County Council – The Surrey Home Energy Improvement Guide is a comprehensive and user-friendly resource to help improve your home with energy saving ‘retrofit’ measures. To help you get started, Surrey County Council has created the Home Energy Improvement Guide which offers detailed and practical advice on appropriate retrofit measures for three common Surrey house types and how to arrange for their installation, from simple cost-effective upgrades to full-scale retrofits. Albeit provided by Surrey, it has more detail and help than anything we can find on WSCC site.
Cavity Wall Insulation: Polystyrene Beads Guide | Switchable – several properties have a measles effect. Reading the NHBC and this article for advice – spotting could be dabs to secure plasterboard, do you know your house construction. It could be breakdown of materials used when installing polystyrene beads insulation.
Sheep Wool Insulation – Chimney Sheep –A home we visited had wool insulation in their loft (not from this company) and probably had the best coverage (no heat loss) out of all the houses visited and there’s was installed in the 1990s. The homeowner said it was much nicer to handle but make sure it has been treated with a moth repellent.
Learning Lab – Back to Earth – internal wall insulation using sustainable materials
Repairs | The Window Wizard | Horsham Surrey – don’t know why it says Surrey but we have used this company for blown glazing and fixing broken handles and hinges (latter causing gaps).
