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Why is loft insulation so important to your overall home? Here’s how loft insulation is beneficial as a homeowner, when it’s installed correctly!

There’s no denying the numerous benefits that insulating your loft can provide you. We undertake private contracts and those funded by local government under the Affordable Warmth Scheme. Loft insulation can be a simple cost-effective improvement to your home. If you are curious about the benefits it provides, you’ve come to the right place

Read on to learn the top five benefits of loft insulation, and how to get them.

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Loft Insulation: How Does It Work?

Having a well insulated and usable loft can be a great addition to any household. However, what does loft insulation entail, exactly?

In the simplest of terms, loft insulation works like a woolly hat for your house. Keeping the warm air in so you need less energy to heat it.

The most common type of loft insulation is mineral wool insulation. This is generally supplied in rolls of quilt which, when installed correctly, creates an effective thermal barrier.

The Main Benefits of Loft Insulation

A quarter of an uninsulated homes heat is lost through its roof.
The whole aim of insulating your loft is to minimise this heat loss by creating a thermal barrier, preventing heat from rising and disappearing through your roof.

By installing loft insulation, you can expect a 25% reduction in heat loss. This will ensure that your home will be warmer in the winter, and cooler in the summer.

Loft insulation can help you save up to £110 each year on a consistent basis. This directly applies to your energy bills. And the typical 40 year life span of loft insulation means it will pay for itself many times over.
In addition, keep in mind that you can apply for a government grant which will significantly reduce the cost of installing loft insulation and in many cases will cover the full cost of the project.

One of the great perks of cutting down on your energy use is the reduction of carbon dioxide.

In short, your home’s carbon footprint will be greatly reduced, making your home much more environmentally-friendly than it was before. The Energy Saving Trust suggest this can be between 550Kg and 1030Kg of Carbon Dioxide savings each year depending on the size and construction of the house.

In general, home insulation can provide some relief from noise pollution and reduce the amount of noise that makes it into your home. Once your loft is properly insulated, you should be able to notice a reduction in the outside noise, especially when it comes to the upper floor of your house.

An automatic boon of your loft’s insulation is a higher rating for your home’s Energy Performance Certificate.

As it were, having a higher rating will help improve your home’s value and its saleability.

Now that we’ve broken down the process of loft insulation, let’s delve into the benefits of having it in your house:

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If your loft has been converted into a habitable space then standard loft insulation is not suitable. Some lofts may have been insulated when they were converted, but if not the unheated space still needs to be insulated to prevent heat from escaping. Equally if you’re thinking about loft conversion, make sure to consider insulation before you start work.
Room-in-roof insulation involves fitting insulating material between and over the rafters (the sloping timbers that make up the roof itself).

This can be done with rigid insulation boards, cut to size. Plasterboard is then applied on top of the insulating material to create the walls and ceiling of the room.

If you want to install room-in roof insulation after your loft has been converted you will need to factor in redecoration costs as the plasterboard will need to be removed. Room-in roof insulation is also generally more expensive than standard loft insulation and requires the work of a trained insulation specialist.

If you were to do the work yourself be aware that as well as insulating the roof, you will have to insulate all areas, including any gable walls, stud walls, party walls and chimneys in the loft space.

If you leave these uninsulated, then the heat will bypass your new insulation making it largely ineffective, and potentially causing cold spots and damp issues.

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