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External Wall Insulation To Be Next Popular Home Improvement
External wall insulation, which envelops your home for energy saving, weatherproofing, and new visual appearance, will be the home improvement for the 21st century, much as double glazing was fifty years earlier. The process is already in demand on the Continent for refurbishment, and most new homes incorporate it.
External wall insulation (e.w.i) will have an amazing effect on the warmth and comfort of your home, particularly when it is applied in conjunction with a modern condensing boiler, optimum loft insulation, and other ‘green’ measures.
Insulated render systems can be applied to the average house in about three working days. They cost from around £70 per square metre for the process, plus allow 30% extra for scaffolding, cill extensions etc. This becomes particularly economical where your property already needs re-rendering or weather-proofing.
Applying an e.w.i. system is sound economics for housing that needs updating: and a good feasible option for most other housing. Insurance-backed guarantees are available. Finance may be available from mortgage lenders particularly via green mortgages, and there are restricted and limited grants from energy retailers, particularly for housing off the gas network and where State benefits are received.
It is important to insist upon tried and tested British Board of Agrément or Building Research Establishment approved e.w.i. systems, from INCA system members, applied by experienced INCA contractors.
Further information from the Insulated Render & Cladding Association at PO Box 12, Haslemere, Surrey ; tel: 0844 249 0040; fax: 0844 249 0042; e-mail: info@inca-ltd.org.uk or www.inca-ltd.org.uk.
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