bugger it, went through all the rigramole of applying for this warm front
thingy, the bungalow i'm renting has no insulation at all over the
stairwell, top is open the the roof space which is standard buitumin type
lining over the rafters, and concrete tiles on the top side, same with there
a built in wardrobe was put into one of the bedrooms... is a dormer
bungalow, badly converted in the 70's i believe.

anyway, before i even applied for the warm front thing, i asked them if
there's a record of this place having some work done by them or a similar
scheem before, as there is one single spot where there's a double layer of
pink insulation, about 1/6th of the total roof space, everywhere else
there's the standard 70's yellow insulation that's well below the celing
joists... and of course no insulation at all in places.

they said they couldent tell me anything till i applied, but from my
description it wasnt a warm front type scheem that paid for the work, as
they'd never leave area's uninsulated and never do part of a job, all or
nothing they said.

so i apply, have to prove im entitled to it, get someone out to look round
who agrees it cant have been warm front who did the half arsed job of
insulating only part of the loft,

got a phone call today, in 2002 cavity wall insulation and loft insulation
was done by the scheem that ran before warm front, and as the records say
loft insulation has been installed here, i cant have anymore, even tho i
told them the loft is not insulated at all in places, a classic 'computer
says no' situation.

they said the last person living here must have taken the insulation with
him or something!!! if he did he left absolutely no trace of the pink stuff,
and why leave a part intact.

warmfront told me there may be other scheems available to me that can do the
loft insulation 'properly'

i'm wondering about these £195 loft insualtion things you see advertised in
tesco and the like, dont they use a goverment grant to pay for the main
cost of soemthing?? would they be using warmfront of are there other 'grant'
things to properly insulate this place.

gazz wrote:
bugger it, went through all the rigramole of applying for this warm
front thingy, the bungalow i'm renting has no insulation at all over
the stairwell, top is open the the roof space which is standard
buitumin type lining over the rafters, and concrete tiles on the top
side, same with there a built in wardrobe was put into one of the
bedrooms... is a dormer bungalow, badly converted in the 70's i
believe.
anyway, before i even applied for the warm front thing, i asked them
if there's a record of this place having some work done by them or a
similar scheem before, as there is one single spot where there's a
double layer of pink insulation, about 1/6th of the total roof space,
everywhere else there's the standard 70's yellow insulation that's
well below the celing joists... and of course no insulation at all in
places.
they said they couldent tell me anything till i applied, but from my
description it wasnt a warm front type scheem that paid for the work,
as they'd never leave area's uninsulated and never do part of a job,
all or nothing they said.

so i apply, have to prove im entitled to it, get someone out to look
round who agrees it cant have been warm front who did the half arsed
job of insulating only part of the loft,

got a phone call today, in 2002 cavity wall insulation and loft
insulation was done by the scheem that ran before warm front, and as
the records say loft insulation has been installed here, i cant have
anymore, even tho i told them the loft is not insulated at all in
places, a classic 'computer says no' situation.

they said the last person living here must have taken the insulation
with him or something!!! if he did he left absolutely no trace of the
pink stuff, and why leave a part intact.

warmfront told me there may be other scheems available to me that can
do the loft insulation 'properly'

i'm wondering about these £195 loft insualtion things you see
advertised in tesco and the like, dont they use a goverment grant to
pay for the main cost of soemthing?? would they be using warmfront of
are there other 'grant' things to properly insulate this place.

You'd be as well getting some cheap insulation from B&Q and either doing it
yourself if you are able, or asking an able-bodied youngster to do it and
bung him £20 - it shouldn't take more than 40 minutes

--
Phil L
RSRL Tipster Of The Year 2008

In article ,
"gazz" writes:
bugger it, went through all the rigramole of applying for this warm front
thingy, the bungalow i'm renting has no insulation at all over the
^^^^^^^^
stairwell,
^^^^^^^^^
?
Does the staircase poke out the roof?

Like Phil says, a couple of rolls of insulation, and DIY-it.
Wikes have had loft insulation on BOGOF for some time (bought
some myself to overlay a couple of months back).

--
Andrew

On 21 Nov, 01:03, (Andrew Gabriel) wrote:
In article ,
* * * * "gazz" writes: bugger it, went through all the rigramole of applying for this warm front
thingy, the bungalow i'm renting has no insulation at all over the

* * * * * * * ^^^^^^^^ stairwell,

* ^^^^^^^^^
?
Does the staircase poke out the roof?

Like Phil says, a couple of rolls of insulation, and DIY-it.
Wikes have had loft insulation on BOGOF for some time (bought
some myself to overlay a couple of months back).

--
Andrew

I didn't realise that all my empty wine bottles are being recycled
into loft insulation - must keep up the cycle. Add note to computer
Reminder List - order more wine for Xmas!

Rob