With winter right around the corner, and with the UK in the midst of an energy crisis, thinking of ways in which you can be more energy efficient whilst still keeping warm is something that is on everyone’s minds.
Installing cavity wall insulation is one of the most energy efficient ways to keep your home warm. In short, cavity wall insulation is installed by injecting insulation material into the cavity from the outside of your home.
There are various benefits associated with installing cavity wall insulation. The benefits of cavity wall insulation include but are not limited to:
- It’s cost effective
- It helps you to be more energy efficient
- It helps to reduce your carbon footprint
- Improves well being
1. It’s Cost Effective
One of the biggest benefits of investing in cavity wall insulation is that it is incredibly cost effective.
This comes down to the fact that it allows your home to retain heat better, meaning that you have to spend less time, and therefore less money, heating your home.
In fact, cavity wall insulation can save up to ‘35% on your heating bill’. While you may believe it to be an expensive investment initially, it’s important to recognise that the insulation will ‘pay for itself within five years through the savings you’ll make’.
It’s also worth mentioning that insulating your home with cavity wall insulation gives you the freedom to redistribute the money that you otherwise would be spending on your heating on other essentials.
As a result, installing cavity wall insulation is one of the best ways to save money.
2. It Helps You To Be More Energy Efficient
Installing cavity wall insulation also helps you to be more energy efficient. Insulating the walls in your home is essential, particularly if you have an older home, as the typical house will lose around ‘30 to 40% of the heat’ through the walls.
Good quality cavity wall insulation can ‘cut your heat loss by up to 33%’, in turn allowing you to use less energy to heat your home.
Considering the rise in cost of living along with the anxieties that this comes with, installing cavity wall insulation is both better for the environment and can ease your energy bills and mind during the colder months.
If you want to start being more energy efficient, then getting a professional home insulation installers to install your insulation is one of the best investments you can make in terms of home improvements.
3. It Helps To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
In addition to this, insulating your home with cavity insulation helps to reduce your carbon footprint.
Considering that ‘19% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions’ come from warming homes and places of work, recognising how your own carbon footprint can be reduced is important.
If your house isn’t properly insulated, you’ll need to be using your heating a lot more just to keep warm through the colder months, which can have a direct impact on your carbon footprint and the environment.
That said, installing cavity wall insulation, then, can significantly help you to reduce your carbon footprint by using less fuel. In fact, by doing so, cavity wall insulation can translate to ‘a carbon saving of 610kg’ for just one household.
By reducing your carbon footprint through the use of cavity wall insulation, you’re making a difference in the amount of carbon released into the atmosphere and are contributing to a greener lifestyle.
4. Improves Well Being
Last, but not least, installing cavity wall insulation also improves your physical and mental well being. While it might not be the first thing that you think of, the physical and mental well being effects of having a warmer home shouldn’t be overlooked.
Feeling warmer in your home helps to prevent various health conditions, from common colds to blood pressure increases, and more serious conditions such as pneumonia.
In addition to this, living in a warmer home also helps to improve your mental well being, promoting a safe and comfortable life. In fact, adults that live in cold homes have the potential to develop various health conditions, including ‘anxiety and different levels of depression’.
As such, investing in cavity wall insulation can significantly help to enhance your way of life and improve both your physical and mental well being.
Suppliers across the UK are required to deliver ECO from 2020, but we at Towy Valley Heating are proud to have been involved with the ECO scheme since it began. Contact us to find out more about the free heating measures we offer, and if you are eligible.
Written by Jemima Thomas for Towy Valley Heating.