British gas - free insulation

[Simbu]

We've just bought our first house, which has barely any insulation in the roof. It was built around 1900. We'd like to get the roof insulated. It seems British gas still offer free insulation to anyone; they have some sort of government grant to use up. My questions:

- Has anyone used this recently, are there any catches?
- Will they give me the option of a warm-loft installation (where insulation is attached to the rafters) as opposed to a cold-loft installation, where it's just rolled across the floor of your loft (making the storage space unusable without installing boards)

Thanks!

[torqueofthedevil]

I'd like to know about this too! Been meaning to get it done for 4 years now!

[austinsmirk]

Try them. They surveyed my house for free. It's irrespective of income.

However I have an odd house with two attics and they wouldn't do it as they couldn't insulate the minimum 75% or whatever that was required.

I did it myself, it reduced my fuel costs by £17 a month

[Shaw Tarse]

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