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Surveyor's fact 1: If
all the UK homes with un-insulated cavity walls and lofts had them insulated the energy saved could heat a staggering 1.7 million homes each year. Surveyor's fact 2: The majority of those who moved into an un-insulated property - after having lived with cavity wall and loft insulation in their previous home - insulated again, soon after moving. Surveyor's fact 3: Between 2002 and 2005 around 800,000 home owners installed cavity wall insulation. It is estimated that this will have saved nearly 400,000 tonnes of CO2, enough to fill the new Wembley Stadium 47 times. Make your cavity wall or loft insulation enquiry, or gas central heating grant enquiry, by clicking the relevant patch below and a surveyor will contact you shortly to explain your options and to offer a free, no obligation survey.
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Home insulation - cavity wall and loft insulation for UK home owners, or private renters, with grants of up to 100% if you qualify.If you are on a qualifying benefit (see below), you can obtain a 100% grant towards loft and cavity wall insulation. However, smaller grants are available for home cavity wall insulation and loft insulation, whatever your income and dependent on your circumstances. With guaranteed utility company funded grants of between 30 & 100% for UK home insulation, whatever your status or income, NOW is the time to act on home insulation for your home. There is a client contribution of around £249 saving you around £500, on a three to four bedroomed detached property. Installing cavity wall and loft insulation to your home will not only save you money on heating your home, but the knock-on effect is that you're helping to save the planet from climate change, as well as improving your home enviroment.
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Gas central heating. Government grants may be available in your area.Click here to applyWarm Front is a government grant scheme catering for homeowners or private renters. A grant of up to £2700 (£4,000 for oil fired if you cannot get gas supplied) is given for heating. If you do not currently have a modern gas central heating system installed and you are in receipt of qualifying benefits, tax credits or allowances, you are eligible for a UK government funded gas central heating installation, repair or upgrade. |
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A reputable surveying company will survey your home insulation or gas central heating needs - this is a FREE service - estimate the materials necessary to complete and tell you what grants are available for homes in your area, and what you will have to contribute. Typical qualifying credits etc are as follows. Council Tax Credit; Housing Benefit; Income Support; Income-based Job Seekers Allowance; Attendance Allowance; Disability Living Allowance; War Disablement Pension; Disability Pension; State Pension Credit; Child Tax Credit **; Working Tax Credit ** ** For the last two credits, total annual earned income must be below £15,000 |
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| Cavity wall and loft insulation - two of the most
cost effective ways to reduce the amount of energy you need to heat your
home. The average UK home could reduce heating costs by over a third. In fact, between 2002 and 2005 around 800,000 home owners installed cavity wall insulation. It is estimated that this will have saved nearly 400,000 tonnes of CO2, enough to fill the new Wembley Stadium 47 times. In most UK homes built after the 1920s, the external walls are made of two layers with a small air gap or 'cavity' between them. If your home has unfilled cavity walls, a considerable slice of your energy bills will be spent heating the air outside. Filling the gap between the two walls of a your home with an insulating material massively decreases the amount of heat which escapes through the walls therefore improving your home enviroment and comfort. It will help create a more even temperature in your home enviroment, help prevent condensation on the walls and ceilings and can also reduce the amount of heat building up inside your home during summer hot spells. The savings Around a third of all the heat lost in an un-insulated UK home is lost through the walls. If you have cavity walls in your home, insulating them will make a great difference, and it could save you £130 - £160 a year on your home fuel bills. How it is installed Home Cavity wall insulation is quick, clean and relatively inexpensive to install. It's injected into the cavity from the outside, taking between two and three hours in a three bedroom semi-detached home. It typically costs less than £500 in the UK for a three - four bedroomed detached home, and with the savings you make on your heating bills, it can pay for itself in around three years.. Loft insulation - the basicsHeat lost from your walls, loft and floor can account for up to 35, 25 and 15 per cent of your home heating bill respectively. Of these, lofts are by far the easiest to add insulation to without major upheaval and you can save up to £100 a year on heating costs by doing so. Even if you already have some insulation in your home, adding to this can lead to further savings. Standards for home insulation have risen over the years and 250mm is the current recommended thickness. The more common types of home insulation - fibre glass and mineral wool - have been joined by environmental alternatives such as recycled paper and sheep's wool. In fact, home insulation made from shredded recycled paper, mainly newspapers,is the best on test. Our other Best Buys are more traditional types of home insulation. Government grants are available to help with the cost of home insulation through the Warm Front programme. Grants of up to £2,700 can provide a package of insulation and heating measures tailored to your home - find out more by enquiring via the response forms provided on this page. HOME IMROVEMENT: What to look for.TypesHome Insulation is sold in different forms and each has its pros and cons when it comes to fitting. Some are sold as batts, others as rolls, rigid boards or loose fill material. Ease of cuttingHow long it takes to fit home insulation depends partly on how easy it is to cut. Warmcell 100 doesn't require cutting because it is made from loose material while Pavatex Pavatherm is very rigid making it difficult to cut. ToolsMost of the insulation we tested can be cut with a sharp Stanley knife. There are a couple of exceptions; you'll need a saw to cut the Pavatex Pavatherm, Xtratherm Extra Performance Polyiscoyanurate and Kingspan Best Buys. Fibres and dustThe Pavatex Pavatherm, Xtratherm Extra Performance Polyiscoyanurate and Kingspan all release the most fibres when cut, so wear a mask over your mouth. As much as a third of your home heating costs could be escaping through your roof. Loft insulation is a very effective way to reduce your homes heating bills. Simply by insulating your loft to the recommended depth of 270mm, you can save wasted energy by insulating your home and save money on your home heating bills. There are home owner insulation grants and offers available to help you pay for loft insulation. Why have controls on a gas central heating system?In order for a gas central heating and hot water system to operate efficiently it must be controlled so that heat and hot water is provided at a suitable temperature, when and where required. Most systems include:-
The BoilerAgas central heating boiler heats up the water which is circulated through radiators to provide heat. It also heats a coil in the hot water tank and in turn the water stored inside for household use. If your central heating boiler is a 'combi' boiler then the water is heated instantaneously when the hot water taps are switched on. The thermostat on the boiler controls the temperature of the water circulating around your central heating system. Please refer to the manufacturer's instructions for the optimum setting of the thermostat. Hot Water TankMost gas central heating hot water cylinders have a thermostat; this is recommended to be set at 60°C. It is beneficial to encase hot water cylinders with a minimum of 8cm of insulation to retain heat. RadiatorsCentral heating Radiators are most commonly used in 'wet' (uses water) central heating systems. The water is heated by the boiler and travels through the radiators, giving out heat. Thermostatic Radiator Valves (TRV's)TRV's are found on radiators in rooms other than where the room thermostat (see below) is placed. The TRV senses the air temperature in the room and can be set higher in the rooms you use most and lower in rooms used least such as bedrooms. They can also be used to turn an individual radiator on or off. Central heating Room ThermostatsThis is usually found in the living room or hallway and is recommended to be set at 21°C and 18°C for each room respectively. The room thermostat will respond to the temperature in the room where it is situated. When the room is warm enough it sends a signal to the central heating pump to stop heating the radiators until the temperature drops below the set level. At this point they will come on again. ProgrammerThe programmer is usually situated in the kitchen and can be set to control the times when the central heating and hot water are switched on and off. The average heating period is about 8 hours each day. This depends on your own personal circumstances however. The majority of time clocks allow you to set 2 'on' and 'off' periods during the day i.e. 8am - 10am and 4pm - 10pm. In order to wake up to a warm house set the Central heating to come on approximately 30 minutes before you get up and then in the evening set the heating to turn off about 1 hour before you go to bed. This will account for the time it takes for the house to warm up and cool down. There are a variety of programmers for operating central heating (CH) and hot water (HW). The majority have the following controls: -
If you have mislaid your instructions on how to operate your programmer you can request a copy from the manufacturer. If you are a Council tenant and require further information please contact your Neighbourhood Officer. Gas SafetyNatural gas is a very safe fuel to use in your home. However it is vital that you know what procedures to follow should you smell gas: -
Electric Heating SystemsElectric storage heating systems are very different from a 'wet' gas central heating system. The majority of homes heated by electricity have a combination of storage heaters and panel heaters with an electric immersion heater for the hot water. Storage HeatersThese operate by storing heat during 'off-peak' periods when the electricity is cheaper, usually overnight. This heat is then released into the room the following day and evening. There are two controls (input/charge and output/boost) on the majority of storage heaters which have to be adjusted in anticipation of the following day's weather. 'Input' or 'Charge' control: This must be set manually to ensure that an adequate amount of heat is stored during the night. In the winter, the input control must be set higher as the outside temperatures are usually colder. 'Output' or 'Boost' control: The output control tells the heater how much heat to give out during the day. If this is at the maximum setting (usually 6 or 9) you will find that the stored heat is distributed fairly quickly. It is important to set the controls to reflect the temperature outside and the times that you are in the property, e.g. if you are going out or to bed then turn the output down to the minimum setting. Although storage heaters can be large and bulky in size because they use off-peak electricity they are much cheaper to run than panel heaters or bar fires. A well controlled storage heater should give you ten hours of useful heat a day. As the weather gets warmer and you find you no longer need the storage heaters on, then simply turn them off at the wall. Be sure not to put clothing or ornaments on top of the heaters as they can become very hot and lead to a fire risk. Electric ImmersionMost electric storage heating systems use an electric immersion to heat hot water. This may be using 'peak' or more commonly 'off-peak' electricity (usually between 11.30pm and 8.30am). If using the latter to heat water then this will be controlled automatically by a timer and the whole tank will be heated for about 5 hours overnight. The water temperature can be boosted during the day, at the peak rate, if required. If using peak electricity only, switch the immersion on for the period required to heat the water. It is expensive to keep the immersion on for long periods during 'peak' times. |
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How the savings add
up
If all the UK homes with unfilled
cavity walls had them filled, the energy saved could heat a staggering
1.7 million homes each year.
How it is installed
Home Cavity wall insulation is
quick, clean and relatively inexpensive to install. It's injected into
the cavity from the outside, taking between two and three hours in a three
bedroom semi-detached home. It typically costs less than £500 in
the UK, and with the savings you make on your heating bills, it can pay
for itself in around three years |
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In
the early days of its existence in Kent Smuggling took the form of illegal
exportation rather than importation,and was directly concerned with parcels
from the wool trade,Englands main service industry during the medieval
era.The export of raw parcels of wool was prohibited by the government
in an attempt to protect the home weaving industry from its European rivals.While
the weavers benefited from this measure, the
The goods were paid for
and brought back to a willing market. The import duties on certain goods
were so high that a smuggler could charge well below the official price
and at still make a handsome profit. In the 1770.s, a Four-gallon (eighteen
litre) tub of brandy brought in France for £1 could be sold in England
for £4. A pound (454 g of tea, costing sevenpence (3p), would fetch
five shillings 25p), and so tea.could still he afforded buy most people.
These kent smugglers felt they were doing a public service supplying these
goods at afford able prices and were merely maintaining an
have been in every respect an excellent citizen had not the laws of his country made that a crime which Nature never meant.to.be.so:This.was.such.a.widespread.attitude.that everyone,from the fisherman to the magistrate and even the parson, took part in the proceedings. This allegiance was beneficial to all the community, for smuggling could not exist without loyalty, while all those concerned were generously rewarded.
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Men from the
Cinque Ports and their limbs all turned to smuggling as an ancient right.
The small number of customs officials available was not sufficient to deter the large number of smugglers working, usually in small gangs, among the creeks and narrow channels of this marshy coastline. Contraband was brought ashore from ships on their way to the docks of London, as well as being carried directly from Flushing and Ostend on local boats. Priaon hulks and plague ships were anchored offshore in this area, and some smugglers supplemented their income by taking escaped prisoners of war back to the Continent.
The job was
uncomfortable and dangerous. Alone riding officer could easily be overpowered
by a group of smugglers, who might merely tie him up, but might shoot
him or take him across to France and abandon him there. Many riding officers
therefore became corrupt and lazy, happy to accept a bribe to turn a blind
eye.
Farming activities
seem to have taken second place in his interests, as Sam quickly became
involved in receiving and distributing contraband from all parts of Kent,
as well as taking part in smuggling runs himself. |
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