High Energy Bills
Energy bills significantly higher than expected despite normal usage, suggesting heat is escaping from the property.
What Is Causing This?
- 1Poor insulation in loft, walls, or floors
- 2Old inefficient boiler working harder to maintain temperature
- 3Uncontrolled draughts letting warm air escape
How Urgent Is This?
This should be fixed in the coming weeks. Leaving it may allow the problem to worsen and cost more to repair.
What Needs to Be Done
An insulation specialist will carry out a thermal survey, identify where heat is being lost, and recommend the most cost-effective insulation improvements.
How Much Will It Cost?
National average estimate
Labour: £1,200 – £3,025 | Materials: £888 – £2,400
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How to Prevent This
Start with the cheapest improvements: loft insulation, draught-proofing, and hot water cylinder jacket. Consider cavity wall insulation if suitable. Upgrade to a smart thermostat.
Related Problems
Rooms feeling cold even when the central heating is running at full, with high energy bills.
Internal walls that feel cold to the touch, sometimes with condensation forming on the wall surface.
The heat pump never seems to switch off, running 24 hours a day and driving up electricity bills.
Other Insulation Specialist Problems
Rooms feeling cold even when the central heating is running at full, with high energy bills.
Upper-floor rooms feeling noticeably draughty with cold air coming in around windows, loft hatch, or eaves.
Internal walls that feel cold to the touch, sometimes with condensation forming on the wall surface.
Ice or heavy condensation forming on the inside of windows overnight during cold weather.