chris French wrote:

In message , Anna Kettle
writes

The government is giving grants for insulating old houses so I booked
a survey to get a price with grant included and to pick the brains of
the surveyor


Who deals with these grants? We have very poor insulation in our loft,
which will need sorting out before the autumn.

I think that it is your local council, but...

My wife works for our local council and because of this, she found out
that we could get a discount for loft and cavity wall insulation. The
surveyor came round and said that the cavity insulation could be done
for just over 100 quid (we live in a small half terraced house).

When it came to the loft insulation, that was a totally different thing.
Cos we had 'some' (a scant squashed 2 inches) loft insulation we would
be charged more than 250 quid (this was with the council discount). If
we had none, it would cost 125 quid. I did it myself for a lot less than
100 quid, including cross battening to allow another 5 inches of rockwool.

The good news is that material and labour for installing ten inches of
insulation in my attic, plus cavity wall insulation in the 1976
extension will cost me just £225 (three bedroom house)


Not bad at all. I really don't fancy putting this stuff in myself in our
large loft, and I've also come to the conclusion that more 'eco-friendly
' products are just to expensive for us.

Put the rockwool down, but wear a long sleaved shirt, buttoned at the wrist.
Do it on a cool day.
Make sure that the central heating cannot come on and warm you up in the
loft.
When you have done for the day, take all your clothes off and take a
shower.

For the first few minutes you will have to just let the water run down
your body, do not touch any of your skin, as this may rub the fibres
into it. Now shower as normal, but make all the washing strokes
downward. That way, you will not suffer the big itch of loft insulation.

Dave