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Loft insulation
Well that was a bit of an anti-climax. I had a surveyor come round and look at the quantity of insulation in my loft and there's 150mm there already, which surprised me - I remember using a B&Q ruler and it telling me I didn't have enough - I suspect now that's because there is 150mm there, but that that's the bear minimum and I really should double it to 300mm.
That's somewhat disappointing as I was expecting to be told that I had nowhere near enough insulation and that by adding more I'd save significantly on fuel bills/be cooler in the summer.
I have another surveryor coming on 8th April, so will see what s/he says - maybe different organisations have different criteria and it's always worthwhile getting a second opinion. If not then maybe it's worthwhile buying myself a bigger set of ladders, insulation and installing it myself (in a way that I can remove and take with me when I move house) - but it's marginal, as the Energy Saving Trust reckon this would only save me £26/year.
That's somewhat disappointing as I was expecting to be told that I had nowhere near enough insulation and that by adding more I'd save significantly on fuel bills/be cooler in the summer.
I have another surveryor coming on 8th April, so will see what s/he says - maybe different organisations have different criteria and it's always worthwhile getting a second opinion. If not then maybe it's worthwhile buying myself a bigger set of ladders, insulation and installing it myself (in a way that I can remove and take with me when I move house) - but it's marginal, as the Energy Saving Trust reckon this would only save me £26/year.