On Sun, 19 Nov 2006 10:11:25 GMT, Lobster
wrote:


When I once looked into getting grants, I found that you could only get
money towards the cost of employing a council/government approved
contractor to fit the insulation. Even with the grant, the net cost to
me would have been a hell of a lot more than diy'ing, which is what I
ended up doing.

That's the situation now but wind back 20 years or so and the council
only paid out against a VAT receipt for the materials.


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