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Retrofit Cavity Wall Insulation

The Department for Business Enterprise and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) launched The Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) in 2013 with three principal aims: The Carbon Emissions Reduction Obligation (CERO), The Carbon Saving Community Obligation (CSCO) and the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation (HHCRO). ECO incubated significant Cavity Wall Insulation (CWI) start-up companies/providers across the UK, with installers …

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Derby Surveyors

Spray foam insulation, the gift that keeps on giving…

I recently carried out a survey inspection on a mid-terrace house in a suburb of Stevenage to perform a Level 2 Homebuyers Survey and Valuation. The inspection was relatively uneventful throughout the property with the majority of defects found to be age related. The vendor had advised that they had recently had spray foam insulation …

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Derby Surveyors

From Collecting Glasses to Collecting Moisture.

I carried out an interesting survey in Gloucestershire this June. The weather at the time of the inspection was warm and sunny. This proceeded several weeks of warm, relatively dry weather (which usually makes penetrating or rising dampness harder to find). The property I was surveying originally started life as a public house. Part of …

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