I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity wall and
loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn around £200 per year
too much to qualify, I am going to keep shopping around and hopefully
get a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type underlay (was
used for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase insulation by
laying over the rafters or would the gain be minimal to the point of not
worth doing and just wait until I get the real thing. I am just trying
to see it through the next few months of winter weather.

On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:38:40 +0000, ss wrote:

I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity wall and
loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn around £200 per year
too much to qualify, I am going to keep shopping around and hopefully
get a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type underlay (was
used for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase insulation by
laying over the rafters or would the gain be minimal to the point of not
worth doing and just wait until I get the real thing. I am just trying
to see it through the next few months of winter weather.


EDF have it free at the moment


General

We may be unable to offer free insulation in some areas of the UK.
These include most postcodes in the Isles and northern Scotland. We’ll
let you know if this is the case when you apply.
Confirm that we’ll be able to insulate at least two third of the total
loft surface/wall cavities.
Confirm you don’t have a larger (i.e. five bedrooms) or non-standard
property, or that we’ll have to use specialist equipment. If we do,
there will be a charge. This will be advised to you at the time of the
survey.


http://www.edfenergy.com/products-se...sulation.shtml
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http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk

On 06/02/2012 13:41, mogga wrote:
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:38:40 +0000, wrote:

I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity wall and
loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn around £200 per year
too much to qualify, I am going to keep shopping around and hopefully
get a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type underlay (was
used for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase insulation by
laying over the rafters or would the gain be minimal to the point of not
worth doing and just wait until I get the real thing. I am just trying
to see it through the next few months of winter weather.


EDF have it free at the moment


General

We may be unable to offer free insulation in some areas of the UK.
These include most postcodes in the Isles and northern Scotland. We’ll
let you know if this is the case when you apply.
Confirm that we’ll be able to insulate at least two third of the total
loft surface/wall cavities.
Confirm you don’t have a larger (i.e. five bedrooms) or non-standard
property, or that we’ll have to use specialist equipment. If we do,
there will be a charge. This will be advised to you at the time of the
survey.


http://www.edfenergy.com/products-se...sulation.shtml

I will check them out but invariably I find they have restrictions re
income. thanks for the link.

ss wrote:
I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity wall and
loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn around £200 per year
too much to qualify, I am going to keep shopping around and hopefully
get a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type underlay (was
used for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase insulation by
laying over the rafters or would the gain be minimal to the point of not
worth doing and just wait until I get the real thing. I am just trying
to see it through the next few months of winter weather.

If you need loft insulation buy a mask, some rubber gloves and a
disposable boiler suit and juts get enough 4" rockwool to do the job, It
will be very cheap.


about £6 per square meter.

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
ss wrote:
I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity wall and
loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn around £200 per year
too much to qualify, I am going to keep shopping around and hopefully get
a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type underlay (was used
for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase insulation by
laying over the rafters or would the gain be minimal to the point of not
worth doing and just wait until I get the real thing. I am just trying
to see it through the next few months of winter weather.

If you need loft insulation buy a mask, some rubber gloves and a
disposable boiler suit and juts get enough 4" rockwool to do the job, It
will be very cheap.


about £6 per square meter.

Wickes 4'' base layer

http://www.wickes.co.uk/loft-roll-in...n/invt/161210/


£0.36 per sq metre

On Feb 6, 2:51 pm, "TMC" wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in ...



ss wrote:
I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity wall and
loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn around £200 per year
too much to qualify, I am going to keep shopping around and hopefully get
a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type underlay (was used
for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase insulation by
laying over the rafters or would the gain be minimal to the point of not
worth doing and just wait until I get the real thing. I am just trying
to see it through the next few months of winter weather.

If you need loft insulation buy a mask, some rubber gloves and a
disposable boiler suit and juts get enough 4" rockwool to do the job, It
will be very cheap.

about £6 per square meter.

Wickes 4'' base layer

http://www.wickes.co.uk/loft-roll-in...n/invt/161210/

£0.36 per sq metre

why is it "not for use in new buildings or extensions." ??

Jim K

On Feb 6, 3:02*pm, Jim K wrote:

why is it "not for use in new buildings or extensions." ??

Jim K

"This product is subsidised by EDF Energy under the Carbon Emissions
Reduction Target. It is not for use in new buildings or extensions."

It's subsidised by the Government (taxpayer/public/delete as
appropriate) and is supposed to be used to insulate existing housing
stock that doesn't come up to current standard. If there's any
practical way of policing that, I don't think it's ever been made
public.

TMC wrote:

"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
...
ss wrote:
I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity wall
and loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn around £200
per year too much to qualify, I am going to keep shopping around and
hopefully get a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type underlay (was
used for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase insulation
by laying over the rafters or would the gain be minimal to the point
of not worth doing and just wait until I get the real thing. I am
just trying to see it through the next few months of winter weather.

If you need loft insulation buy a mask, some rubber gloves and a
disposable boiler suit and juts get enough 4" rockwool to do the job,
It will be very cheap.


about £6 per square meter.

Wickes 4'' base layer

http://www.wickes.co.uk/loft-roll-in...n/invt/161210/


£0.36 per sq metre

That's the roll stuff. but yes, its not expensive.

On Feb 6, 4:37 pm, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

about £6 per square meter.

Wickes 4'' base layer

http://www.wickes.co.uk/loft-roll-in...n/invt/161210/

£0.36 per sq metre

That's the roll stuff. but yes, its not expensive.

......these days ;))

Jim K

On Feb 6, 3:02*pm, Jim K wrote:
On Feb 6, 2:51 pm, "TMC" wrote:





"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in ...

ss wrote:
I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity wall and
loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn around £200 per year
too much to qualify, I am going to keep shopping around and hopefully get
a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type underlay (was used
for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase insulation by
laying over the rafters or would the gain be minimal to the point of not
worth doing and just wait until I get the real thing. *I am just trying
to see it through the next few months of winter weather.

If you need loft insulation buy a mask, some rubber gloves and a
disposable boiler suit and juts get enough 4" rockwool to do the job, It
will be very cheap.

about £6 per square meter.

Wickes 4'' base layer

http://www.wickes.co.uk/loft-roll-in...n/invt/161210/

£0.36 per sq metre

why is it "not for use in new buildings or extensions." ??

It is subsidised, intended to be retrofitted in old houses.
ie not to add to builders profits.

On Feb 7, 2:38 am, ss wrote:

in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard)

Polystyrene can be treated to not burn. However yours probably isn't.
Did everyone know that polystyrene must not be allowed to touch PVC
wiring, or the house might burn down?
I'm just pulling my whole house apart to put conduit everywhere.
Google for [polystyrene cable] before you start arguing.

On Feb 7, 7:29*am, Matty F wrote:
On Feb 7, 2:38 am, ss wrote:

in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard)

Polystyrene can be treated to not burn. However yours probably isn't.
Did everyone know that polystyrene must not be allowed to touch PVC
wiring, or the house might burn down?
I'm just pulling my whole house apart to put conduit everywhere.
Google for [polystyrene cable] before you start arguing.

It might be possible to stop a flammable material sustaining a flame
on its own, but when caught in a house fire, there's no chemical
treatment that will stop it getting burnt up - and polystyrene is bad
news in a fire.


NT

On Feb 7, 9:43 pm, NT wrote:
On Feb 7, 7:29 am, Matty F wrote:

On Feb 7, 2:38 am, ss wrote:

in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard)

Polystyrene can be treated to not burn. However yours probably isn't.
Did everyone know that polystyrene must not be allowed to touch PVC
wiring, or the house might burn down?
I'm just pulling my whole house apart to put conduit everywhere.
Google for [polystyrene cable] before you start arguing.

It might be possible to stop a flammable material sustaining a flame
on its own, but when caught in a house fire, there's no chemical
treatment that will stop it getting burnt up - and polystyrene is bad
news in a fire.

The polystyrene in my house was sold as being not flammable.
I have set fire to pieces of it and it does not burn, and just
shrivels away into almost nothing. I imagine it will emit fumes, but
them so will timber and most furniture in a house. Polystyrene inside
a wall with 30 minute fire rated pumice board (like many houses here)
is regarded as safe enough.

Jim K wrote:
On Feb 6, 2:51 pm, "TMC" wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
...



ss wrote:
I am currently trying to get one of the free deals for cavity
wall and loft insulation, each time my wife appears to earn
around £200 per year too much to qualify, I am going to keep
shopping around and hopefully get a deal somewhere.
in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know
fire hazard) and about 20 sq meters of half inch fibre type
underlay (was used for wooden floor tiles)
Is it worth using this in the loft short term to increase
insulation by laying over the rafters or would the gain be
minimal to the point of not worth doing and just wait until I
get the real thing. I am just trying to see it through the
next few months of winter weather.

If you need loft insulation buy a mask, some rubber gloves and a
disposable boiler suit and juts get enough 4" rockwool to do the
job, It will be very cheap.

about £6 per square meter.

Wickes 4'' base layer

http://www.wickes.co.uk/loft-roll-in...n/invt/161210/

£0.36 per sq metre

why is it "not for use in new buildings or extensions." ??

I used it in my brothers extension:-)

--
Adam

On Feb 7, 7:29 am, Matty F wrote:
On Feb 7, 2:38 am, ss wrote:

in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard)

Polystyrene can be treated to not burn. However yours probably isn't.
Did everyone know that polystyrene must not be allowed to touch PVC
wiring, or the house might burn down?

bit sunsationalist but yes it;s been on here over the years.

shame my recent "pro" sparkys claimed no knowledge.....

Jim K

On 08/02/2012 18:54, Jim K wrote:
On Feb 7, 7:29 am, Matty wrote:
On Feb 7, 2:38 am, wrote:

in the meantime I have loads of sheets of polystyrene (I know fire
hazard)

Polystyrene can be treated to not burn. However yours probably isn't.
Did everyone know that polystyrene must not be allowed to touch PVC
wiring, or the house might burn down?

bit sunsationalist but yes it;s been on here over the years.

shame my recent "pro" sparkys claimed no knowledge.....

Jim K

UPDATE....

I have now got free cavity wall and loft insulation, being fitted in May.