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Practical Advice - Eco/green houses
Solid wall insulation
Benefit from The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) in your Victorian house, a new incentive scheme open to all householders in England and Wales wanting to improve the energy efficiency of your home.
Green deal solid wall insulation
What you need to know in order to benefit from this in your Victorian house The Green Deal Home Improvement Fund (GDHIF) is a new incentive scheme open to all householders in England and Wales wanting to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. The scheme allows Householders to claim back up to 75% of the total cost of the installation of internal or external solid wall insulation, up to a maximum value of £6,000, making this high…
The benefits of secondary glazing in your period property
Single glazed windows are a major factor in energy loss as glass is a poor insulator and also because windows can be ill fitting and draughty. It's one of the things that owners of period houses complain about incessantly - see our article here about customer…
The benefits of secondary glazing in your period property
A large proportion of buildings undergoing refurbishment were built to meet different needs and standards to those demanded today. In particular the windows are often found to be thermally inefficient and draughty with poor acoustics and minimal security. Where constraints from planning guidelines, lease conditions or budgets prevent the windows from being replaced, Secondary Glazing provides an attractive and practical solution in these…