Exposed: Gov't Home Insulation Scheme Failure
Vložit
- čas přidán 4. 03. 2024
- The Great British Insulation Scheme set out to insulate 300,000 UK homes. Despite its launch months ago, the initiative has only insulated 3,000 homes, significantly missing the mark. Griff Thomas and Gordon Routledge peel back the insulation to question why.
==============================
GTEC Free home insulation course
hub.efixx.co.uk/gtec-insulation
==============================
==============================================
Apply for the Great British Insulation Scheme
www.gov.uk/apply-great-britis...
==============================================
#homeinsulation #insulation - Věda a technologie
GTEC Free home insulation course
hub.efixx.co.uk/gtec-insulation
====================================
Apply for the Great British Insulation Scheme
www.gov.uk/apply-great-british-insulation-scheme
=====================================
Seriously? An online course to train people to install insulation? This is a scam and GTEC should be ashamed of itself.
I remember years ago when the government hadn’t completely lost the plot, you could just go to b&q and get rolls of insulation for £2.
There are a lot of companies installing insulation under the government's scheme to help landlords and tenants. Some of these companies are only there to fleece the money by cutting corners and invoicing for work that didn't need doing or hasn't been done.
That's what happened to our landlord.
Are we just ignoring the cannabis grow-room in the loft?
If we don't invest in improving building stock we are not going toward a cheaper warmer future.
Like many issues in this crazy nation of late one initiative cynically offered to address one thing has caused more issues without addressing the initial cause of the problem (ie gov grants to people to insulate their homes and apparently feel warmer , the migrant crisis is another example but i wont elucidate on that here) . Those who through no fault of their own in cold houses and not able to pay the exorbitant energy bills requested by the "energy company profiteering gangs" went for this option . Cowboy installers put it in often when it wasnt advised and also botched its insulation. They went off with the money from the gov as did the energy company gangs who were the underlying cause of the problem in the first place!!! So the sadly uninformed public were left with mould as well as cold. The gov will never admit to any of this near sighted planning as usual and will not do the right thing I suspect and pay for the repairs from their yet again terrible policy.
Another sad and disgraceful example of fall out from awful people milking and profiteering on the public. We have been complacent as we use to live in a nation with ethics . Now as this is going the rot is literally coming out of the walls!!!!
My experience of the scheme has been very poor, despite stating that they can do a wide mix of insulation my 1900s solid block walled property (one of the more leaky properties available) and got told that I can't have it as they were only offering roof insulation despite nobody even looking at my property. Very disappointed in the scheme
I worry about insulation creating damp. My house has been breathing happily for seventy odd years, if i go and stuff the cavity surely it will create a route for water penetration. Watched a builder sourcing damp problems and he took out some bricks to find the insulation soaking wet.
Would definitely consider more loft insulation but that stuff between the rafters worries me, it again looks like a water bridge. Be grateful for some opinions on the subject as i want to insulate but dont want to cause problems.
Insulation does not create damp but it will reduce the temperature so that the humidity in the air causes a dew point below the new lower temperature and it condenses out of the air onto the coldest surface.
You would then need to manage the humidity of the air in the colder space either by putting in a vapour barrier or taking the insulation out and heat the space (and cost yourself more heating the space)
The problem is living in an enclosed space you create moisture by breathing alone (cooking, washing, showering etc all create moisture) so that needs managing as sealing the rooms will cause moisture build inside the room so a MVHR system is the solution but retro fitting this is expensive.
You can use a dehumidifier but it’s expensive.
@@davideyres955ok, thank you, that's very interesting and much appreciated.👍
My parents has insulation fitted under the government’s scheme for “free” and when I went up in the loft I found all the lighting wiring was covered over with insulation. Disconnecting bits of the circuit and running new cable in above the insulation clipped to the woodwork with metal electric staples.
Probably not an issue with LED lights dropping the wattage down but still better done properly.
I have 1920 home and problem is it has insulation in loft but it's all over the place and is well dirty. I'd need lot gone and replaced properly.
I've got 400mm insulation in my loft, so no need for loft insulation. I have solid walls (no cavity). Almost every energy company is only providing cavity and loft insulation, so they won't help me.
I think Octopus is doing external wall insulation, but I've been on the waiting list for months and heard nothing.
The lack of insulation means a heat pump isn't viable for me either.
Cowboy grant collecting companies that close down, I’ve had two different homes where the cavity insulation was later found not done properly, complete walls with no insulation in the cavity, I had to get the industry trade organisation CIGA involved.
Love the 5 fingered leave "chilli" plants at 5:27 in the loft...
🤫
🤣🤣🤣
My house was built in 1851 with 800mm solid stone walls. Tried my energy supplier and told it would be 15 weeks before the case was passed to a contact who would then discuss my needs. Need external wall insulation as downstairs the walls have fitted kitchen, tiles, stair case and a stone feature wall. Upstairs some of the walls leak. Twenty companies contacted and nobody wants to do the job. I am just one of many.
Ok here i am 71 year old worked in shipyard /building trade for over 40 years ....first thing I notice in this video those chaps putting the insulation in the attic what are they wearing ? Masks+ hazard clothes ? ...Why would that be ?.....Could it be that glass wool is hazardous to a human ? Maybe to stop a person breathing in those glass wool particles? What damage would glass wool particles do to your lungs if you breath in ? As you may have already guessed I am not a fan of open glass wool had more then my fair share of glass wool in the shipyard and out on building sites. In the shipyard the glass wool would get into your skin pores and you would suffer badly. Same again on building sites used to employ about 100 guys doing timber frames and more. Every time you would go into a loft you can see the glass particles floating about in the air usually through a skylight you can see it more that way. Those glass particles end up in your upstairs rooms cant see that doing anyone any good. One day in the future they will find glass wool causes problems (just like asbestos in the shipyards /building trade) ... Yup not a fan of glass wool for health reasons.
Is that a modern roof structure? There’s so little timber
Thanks never knew about that I’ve just logged it so I’m waiting to find out what happens now
Tried to sign up for the online courses as a homeowner but it seems the site doesn't work? Let's me create an account but can't then login and see anything, just kicks me back to the log in screen. Real shame.
Challenge: Check the epc of the property you live in and see if its correct, quite alot aren't.
My partner applied 3 months ago and heard nothing back…
Hope it doesn't turn into a debacle like Australia's attempt at it.
I applied and got a referral to EDF, and that was the last I heard about it! Watching this has reminded me to raise a new one and hopefully a different supplier will assist. I'm not with any of the listed suppliers on the application so it suggests I can choose any of them.
I do currently have 12 rolls of 200mm insulation waiting to be deployed in my loft, and will be spreading them out this weekend, but i'm interested to see if there is anything else they could assist with.
Applied in September and still not had an assessment as I am told it is busy.
Which supplier is it?
What is that plant at 5:30?
Tomatoes 🍅
Chimney Sheep are amazing and that natural wool insulation is so easy to install, no need for any PPE.
Yes the chimney sheep chimney draufgt excluder works very well, I have a large opening but get the right size and it's fine. Allows the chimney to breathe too..
Who had the silly idea of putting the boiler in the loft? Also is there a carbon monoxide and fire alarm that is interlinked in that space to the rest of the house?
Many people do this, aslong as good access maintained no reason why it shouldn't be in the loft space
@@tomf3160 Most domestic boilers are not made to go into lofts, in fact some manufacturers have it in writting on their instructions. Some British Gas engineers will not service a boiler in a loft. Some insurance companies will not insure properties with boiler in loft. Either way if you choose to have it in your loft you need a carbon monoxide and fire alarm that is interlinked to the other floors
Just went to buy 100mm loft roll £38 a year ago I was paying £22