How to Beat the Energy Price Hike with Multifoil Insulation
In this blog we will detail how you can beat the energy price hike by insulating your home with our multifoil insulation. With Energy bills expected to soar to almost £2,000 a year from April, now is the time to Insulate your home.
Unfortunately even the savviest energy customers are facing substantial increases. This is uncontrollable because of the worldwide squeeze on supplies. A frustrating time for everyone… The Financial Times explain there is a limit on how much the government can help with this. So currently we all have to accept the price increase.
However, what is within your control is how you utilise the energy you are paying for. We suggest quick action, as Ofgem state The energy price cap will increase from 1 April for approximately 22 million customers. Those on default tariffs paying by direct debit will see an increase of £693 from £1,277 to £1,971 per year!
Are YOU Really Utilising the Energy in your home? Is YOUR Home Sufficiently Insulated?
If you have areas around your home that are uninsulated or poorly insulated, you are not utilising the heating you are paying for. This is quite literally like throwing money out of a window.
Key Areas to Insulate:
Lofts
The Loft is always a good place to start, an uninsulated loft can massively impact the energy utilisation of your entire home. This is because the energy you are paying for rises and will be escaping above you. So insulation creates a blanket that reflects the heat back into your home and acts as a barrier to heat loss.
Which Products?
BreatherQuilt (Over Rafter) Installation Video.
SuperQuilt or EcoQuilt (Under Rafter) – Video.
SuperQuilt or EcoQuilt – Loft Floor
Once your Loft is insulated, consider the standard of the Insulation in your Walls and Floors. So if your walls feel cold, or there are draughts coming from below your flooring the chances are that you require further insulation!
Walls
Around a third of all heat lost from a poorly insulated home escapes through the walls. Wall insulation acts as a blanket throughout the home preventing heat from escaping through the walls in multiple places.
Which Products?
EcoQuilt or SuperQuilt or EcoAir Tec Double. Installation Video.
Floor
Around 15% of your homes energy can be lost through the floors if they are drafty or incorrectly insulated. So by simply adding insulation think of the energy you could save?
Which Products?
EcoTec Floor Foam – Don’t want to lift your floorboards? Draft below? Use Floor Foam Video.
Radi Floor / EcoQuilt / SuperQuilt (Below Floor Boards)
If you are struggling to pay your bills, OFGEM, advises to contact your provider to set up a payment plan. If you can afford to invest in insulation, we recommend doing so to save you a lot of money in the future. The return on your investment will come round quicker now, than ever before!
On our Website we have a really useful ‘How to Insulate Your Home Guide‘ which summarises the different areas and products you can use! We also have How to Guides on all our applications and in most cases Videos too to help you through the installation process step by step.
To start saving today… visit our product pages and use code ENERGY5 to claim your 5% discount (T&C’s Apply)
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