How to save money by preventing heat loss from your home

With electrical and energy bills rising, now is a good time to assess the energy efficiency of our older homes

We are now beginning to look at our ageing homes and wondering how they can be brought to align with this growing drive for efficiency.

Hi Kieran

With all the talk of heat conservation along with the attendant rising energy costs, what can I do to reduce heat loss in my block built bungalow that was built in the 1980s. We replaced the original single glazed windows with double glazed ones around 20 years ago and had the walls pumped about 10 years ago. I hear a lot of talk these days about airtightness and wonder what steps I can make to improve matters. I am concerned that my attic is particularly cold when I enter it and question if this is “normal”?
Aidan Kereen, Waterford