Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills - DIY https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/ Questions and discussions about renewable heating and heat pumps en-GB Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:09:59 +0000 wpForo 60 RE: Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/paged/2/#post-38004 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 04:02:45 +0000 Get a pile of blankets 😀 

]]> DIY Beazy https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/paged/2/#post-38004 RE: Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/paged/2/#post-11061 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 10:33:26 +0000 @majordennisbloodnok 

Thank you for your concern. Fortunately my wife has a very good sense of humour, so yes, I am still married and in possession of all my body parts. 😀 

]]> DIY Derek M https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/paged/2/#post-11061 RE: Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/paged/2/#post-11057 Tue, 15 Nov 2022 09:49:33 +0000 I’ve read a bit more about this. They charge for a survey (not too much) so they can check everything about the space under your floor, and give an exact price I assume. They spray over water pipes but it’s accurate enough to not cover electric cables. 

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Hi @editor @derek-m Have you heard of Q-bot ? It's a little robotic car that drives round under the surface of a suspended timber floor and sprays insulation foam up onto it ! Sounds very cute but is it any good ? 

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I have been trying to convince my wife that she needs to go on an extreme diet, so that she can crawl under the floor to improve the insulation. 😎 

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And you're still married and in possession of all your body parts?

 

]]> DIY Majordennisbloodnok https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11056 RE: Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11055 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 23:58:08 +0000 I got myself a Seek thermal imaging attachment for my iphone in the hope that I'll be able to see any voids in the cavity wall insulation. But it's not been cold enough to test it yet (thankfully).

Mars,

Did you try your thermal camera on the walls in question?

 

]]> DIY Derek M https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11055 RE: Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11054 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 22:17:52 +0000 I got myself a Seek thermal imaging attachment for my iphone in the hope that I'll be able to see any voids in the cavity wall insulation. But it's not been cold enough to test it yet (thankfully).

]]> DIY heat-pump-newbie https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11054 RE: Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11052 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:42:10 +0000 DIY Mars https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11052 RE: Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11051 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 21:18:42 +0000 This does look pretty cool, @heat-pump-newbie, especially for those with suspended floors.

I’d still love to have something that could navigate behind the plasterboard and see which areas need to get the insulation bolstered.

Hi Mars,

Have you thought of hiring an endoscopic camera?

 

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I’d still love to have something that could navigate behind the plasterboard and see which areas need to get the insulation bolstered.

]]> DIY Mars https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11050 RE: Tips on How to Get Your Home Ready for Winter to Lower Bills https://renewableheatinghub.co.uk/forums/diy/tips-on-how-to-get-your-home-ready-for-winter-to-lower-bills/#post-11049 Mon, 14 Nov 2022 19:19:10 +0000 @heat-pump-newbie

If that is the actual cost I wonder how they arrive at such a price. A further concern would be if they can avoid spraying any electrical wiring that may be present, since if it is covered with insulation it could overheat if a high current is drawn.

Looks like I will have to encourage my wife to diet harder. 🙄 

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