William Bown, Managing Director of SuperFOIL Insulation
With the current climate crisis, the need to become more environmentally conscious has never been more important, and lowering energy use is a great way to reduce your carbon footprint.
With good quality insulation, you can feel the difference in your home and see the difference in your bills. For the same reason that putting on a jumper is better for your energy bills than turning up your heating, ensuring your home has high performing insulation will make your home warmer in the long run and keep you from cranking up the thermostat- you might not even need that jumper after all!
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Inefficient roof insulation will let heat out of your home’s roof, so if snow or ice melts on your roof in the winter months, this could be a sign that your insulation isn’t working as well as it could.
Additionally, glass wool insulation has been found to deteriorate after 25 years, so if you currently have this type of insulation and it’s been installed for this long, it may be time to replace it. This is because it becomes more water absorbent and more thermally conductive over the years, reducing its effectiveness.
Moist insulation can dramatically reduce the energy efficiency of your home and in the UK climate, it’s not unusual for rainwater to get inside the roof of a property and damage the insulation. If left, damp insulation can lose its effectiveness and grow potentially dangerous mould.
To prevent these problems, high quality multi foil insulation in your roof and walls is the best solution. Multi foil is a type of insulation that’s made up with layers of foil as well as wadding, so it traps and reflects heat while keeping moisture at bay, offering exceptional thermal performance.
Wall insulation
According to the Energy Saving Trust, 30% of heat generated by your heating system escapes through walls, windows and doors, having a huge impact on your energy bills.
Windows and doors can be better insulated with double or triple glazing as well as cavity closer insulation, and insulation can significantly reduce heat loss through walls.
In general, houses built from the 1990s onwards have basic cavity wall insulation to keep the heat in. Meanwhile homes built since the 1920s are likely to have an open cavity, with air acting as a barrier between the layers of brick, which is much less effective.
Installing solid wall insulation to old walls can shave around £245 per year off energy bills of a typical gas-fuelled semi-detached home, meanwhile cavity-wall insulation can easily boost thermal resistance with no visible impact.
Roof insulation
It’s been estimated that 25% of your home’s heat will escape from a poorly insulated roof. Hot air rises so improving loft insulation is one of the most effective ways to improve your home’s energy efficiency.
Multi foil insulation can be easily added to roofs to prevent heat from escaping and cut the amount that’s spent on heating. Due to its high performance, thin profile, improved air tightness and reflective properties, multi foil is ideal for loft insulation.
The rise of multi foil
Multi foil may be quite new, but it’s become a trusted solution for a wide range of projects. It’s the ideal solution; it’ll make your home cooler in summer and warmer in winter, as well as saving you money and making your home more energy efficient.
