| Heating your home can be an expensive venture. | | | | electric boiler and stopping it from escaping. If you |
| On average, a whopping 85 per cent of a home | | | | happen to live in a semi-detached or detached |
| heating bill is attributable to space heating, leaving | | | | house, then you are much more likely to require |
| the remaining 15 per cent to heating water. With | | | | insulation. However, even terraced houses will lose |
| such a large proportion allocated to heating the | | | | some heat through the walls which can be |
| rooms in your house, this is one area where | | | | reduced with good quality insulation. |
| significant savings can be made on your energy | | | | One of the other major sources of heat loss in |
| bills. | | | | homes is through windows. If your house isn't |
| It doesn't matter if your house is heated by gas | | | | double-glazed, up to 20 per cent of your heating |
| or electricity; you can reduce the amount of | | | | can be lost needlessly. Proper insulation on your |
| money you spend on heating bills by insulating | | | | home, through cavity wall insulation, loft insulation |
| your home effectively. Poor insulation can cause | | | | and double-glazed windows can save you up to |
| up to 60 per cent of the heating to be lost in a | | | | £380 annually on your gas and electricity bill |
| home. The two principle areas of your home | | | | according to a British Gas average estimate. |
| which require attention for insulation are the roof | | | | Not only will you save money, you will also be |
| and walls. Up to 35 per cent of heat loss can | | | | helping to reduce carbon emissions by not |
| occur through inferior wall insulations and 25 per | | | | requiring as much fossil fuel to heat your home, |
| cent of heat loss can occur through the roof. | | | | and hence releasing less carbon dioxide gas into |
| As a result, one of the best ways you can save | | | | the atmosphere. Insulating your home can also |
| money on your gas bills is to ensure that your | | | | significantly improve the value of your property, |
| walls and roof are insulated properly. You'll get a | | | | as well as protecting walls and ceilings from |
| natural insulation benefit if your home is a | | | | condensation and damp. Finally, insulation will |
| terraced house, snug between two other houses. | | | | ultimately make your home a more pleasant place |
| The surrounding houses act like a protective | | | | to live in, as it will be warmer in the winter and |
| blanket, trapping air warmed by your gas or | | | | cooler in the summer. |