Energy prices are high, and the cost of living is higher, so wouldn’t it be nice to save a little money for a change?
Well, given that 60% of the average UK homeowners’ energy bills are spent on heating, upgrading the quality of your home insulation could help you start saving right away — and keep saving year after year!
So, if you want to know where that £1000 number is coming from, then read on as we break down the different elements of insulation and how each can convert into yearly energy savings for you.
How Could Insulation Help You Save So Much?
£1,000 might seem like a lot to save through something as simple as improving your insulation quality; but upgrading your insulation properly really can make that much of a difference, and we can tell you why…
By boosting the quality of your insulation at home, you reduce the amount you need to spend keeping your home at a comfortable temperature — and those savings add up over time. Especially given that energy is becoming so expensive nowadays.
Of course, it’s also important to remember that you will normally improve the insulation in different areas of your home individually, and that each will have a different impact on your savings.
Considered together, these savings get close to £1,000 pounds, but let’s take some time to consider each element of your home’s insulation separately, and the savings that they’ll bring respectively…
Breaking Things Down
Obviously, the impact that changing your insulation will have will generally depend on your home, so for this breakdown we’ll be taking a look at a hypothetical detached home in England.
We’re basing this breakdown on the excellent information provided by the Energy Saving Trust, so if you’d like to learn more about these numbers and how they were calculated, you can learn more on their website.
So, without further ado, let’s dive right in and see how much our hypothetical homeowners could be saving on their energy bills every year…
Roof Insulation — Save £340 per Year
Roof insulation is one of the most effective ways to reduce heat loss, given that a pretty significant amount of energy escapes through the roof of the average home — around 25% of the energy you’ll lose from your home on average.
Of course, if you want a better idea of the other benefits that quality roof insulation can provide to our hypothetical homeowners — other than saving them £340 a year — then you might want to check out our blog post on the topic.
Solid Wall Insulation — Save £500 per Year
We’re specifying “solid wall insulation” here because there are actually two types of wall insulation — solid & cavity — and the type you’ll need will depend on your home and a handful of other factors.
Our hypothetical homeowners happen to have solid walls in their home and, like 90% of UK homeowners with solid walls, theirs aren’t properly insulated. So, with a huge 35% of the heat in their home escaping through those walls, our hypothetical homeowners stand to save a lot of money by investing in solid wall insulation.
Floor Insulation — Save £100 per Year
People don’t tend to think about insulating their floors as much as their roofs or walls, but that doesn’t keep around 15% of the heat loss in your home from escaping through your floors.
Floor insulation saves our hypothetical homeowners around a hundred pounds a year, not to mention protecting them from a litany of other issues that you can learn about by reading this post.
Full-Home Insulation — Save £940 per Year
So now, if we put it all together, our hypothetical homeowners would be dropping their yearly energy bills by a whopping £940 pounds! And there you have it, close to a full thousand pounds of money saved every year, simply as a side effect of improving the quality of the insulation in our hypothetical homeowners’ home.
But Wait, There’s More…
As great as it is to save money, that isn’t the only benefit that better insulation has going for it. So let’s take a look at some of the best “added benefits” that own hypothetical homeowners would be getting alongside their lowered energy bills…
- Increased Comfort: Better temperature regulation means a more comfortable living environment year-round. Who doesn’t like to be cosy at home?
- Environmental Impact: Reducing your energy consumption is a very effective way to reduce your carbon footprint and live more sustainably; meaning better insulation is a pretty good way to improve your environmental impact.
- Increased Property Value: Energy-efficient homes are more attractive to buyers, meaning that you might even be boosting the value of your property, just by having better EPC ratings.
- Noise Reduction: Most insulation improvements you can get will also help to provide some amount of acoustic insulation; reducing the noise from outside your home and leaving you with a quieter, more peaceful home.
- Moisture Control: Proper insulation can prevent moisture buildup, reducing the risk of mould and dampness — all of which can be pretty significant issues if left unchecked.
It’s always important to have a full overview of what improving your insulation at home will do for you. These benefits should help to give you a better idea, but if you really want to know what different insulation solutions could do for your home, then you might want to take some time to discuss it with the experts during a free discovery session.
What’s Your Next Move?
So, let’s say — hypothetically — that you’ve made the decision to upgrade your insulation at home and you want to make the most of the many benefits that upgrading can bring you.
What should you do next?
Well, regardless of whether you’re planning on a comprehensive home-wide upgrade, a room-by-room approach, or you’re just upgrading a single element of your home, the way you start the process matters!
If you want to be sure you start off on the right track, then we’d highly encourage you to reach out to an expert for advice — our expert team are always ready to help you figure out the best way to insulate your home, and how to get the most out of the products you decide to use.
So, if you want to benefit from our teams’ years of experience with all things insulation, then feel free to reach out to us at 01636 639 900 or send us an email at [email protected].
