Thermal imaging survey

Thermal Imaging Survey

Do you leak heat from your home?

Do you leak heat from your home?

It can sometimes be difficult to tell where the heat is escaping from your home – is it those draughty windows? The front door? Are your walls poorly insulated? It is not quite as straight forward as it first appears.

Where do you lose heat?

If we take a reasonably well draught proofed property, there are several main places that heat can escape: through the roof, the walls, the windows and the floors. Which is the most important of these 4 places? That will somewhat depend on the property in question, but the average house will lose around 35% through the walls, 25% through the loft space, about 10% through the windows and 10% through the floors. Various other minor areas account for the rest of the heat loss. If you live in a detached house with solid brick walls, the proportion lost through the walls will be higher, whereas a cavity wall mid terraced property loses much less through the walls.

Why are walls such a big factor?

Walls account for much more surface area compared to the roof or the windows.

Wall usually outnumbers window area by 4 or 5 to 1, so even if your windows are in a really bad condition, the walls will usually be the main source of heat loss.

Thermal Imaging – A new technology for homeowners

There is a really useful technology that can help you work out where the cold spots are in your property. Maybe you have a particularly cold room, or suspect there is a heat sink in a wall – thermal imaging can pick this up and tell you exactly where the heat is being lost on your property.

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FINDING AN APPROVED OR RECOMMENDED INSTALLER

We have teamed up with EWI Pro to help provide homeowners with an approved and recommended installer network across the UK. EWI Pro are one of the UK’s leading render manufacturers and our experiences with them have always been extremely positive. They have excellent technical support and a vast array of quality products. Their list of approved and recommended installers are specialists, so by choosing one of them to complete your project, you can be assured that the work and the materials installed on your property will be to the highest standard.

If you are looking for an approved or recommended EWI Pro installer, please send an inquiry by filling in your details on the form provided!.

Unsure of what materials you require?

Use our EWI solid wall insulation materials calculator to calculate exactly what materials you will need for a particular job.

EWI Pro Training Academy

We are delighted to announce we have partnered with the EWI Pro Training Academy in Aylesbury to bring you a series of professional installer training courses.

We have 6 unique courses to choose from, each targeting a different area of the External Wall Insulation installation process.The training courses are completed over the course of a half-day or full day, and installers will receive an EWI Pro certificate upon completion.

Why this programme?

The EWI Pro Training courses are designed with an all-round approach to learning. You will be given the chance to learn about installing EWI systems through a mixture of classroom and practical, hands-on training.

This programme also allows you to learn from experienced EWI professionals with years of industry experience. This way, you will leave the course equipped with the most relevant skills.

Thermal Imaging – Do you leak heat from your home?