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  1. We've been trying to get quotes to install roof insulation in our Victorian pitched-roof building. Technically it's a "Room-in-Roof" installation, although the rooms are not remotely habitable yet. We've calculated that we'd need around 80m3 of insulation. Access is easy. After a long delay, we finally received a quote for a Green Homes Grant-eligible installation (figures approximate): Materials ~£9000 Labour ~£500 Sundries ~£1500 Total ~£11000 For comparison, we also had a quote from a non-GHG local installer: ~£2250 for both labour and materials. Both quotes seem to be for the same coverage - the former for just under 80m3, the latter for ~30no. sheets of 100mm foam insulation. A very quick search online suggests that 80m3 of 100mm foam insulation on the open market is around £1100 inc. VAT. My questions are therefore: Which quote seems to make more sense? Judging by their vast difference in price, is either quote likely to have missed some crucial factor? Has anyone had any experiences of receiving GHG-eligible quotes for insulation? If so, have they been hugely inflated? Thanks for any advice.
  2. That would indeed be a correct assumption! @George Our main areas of investigation at the moment are insulation and possible ASHP. However, we already have oil CH, and with oil prices as low as they are I can't see it makes a huge amount of financial sense to switch to ASHP, other than avoiding costs due to market volatility. I'll probably start a couple of threads in the relevant forums on this, though. Insulation seems to be the most obvious area for us to focus efforts on at the moment. Ideally we'd like to be able to use the GHG for insulation and/or replacing single-glazed windows with double-glaszed units.
  3. Hello everyone, Greetings from western England! We're in the middle of renovating/converting our Victorian-era building and the going has been slow while we try and get our heads round the various government grants, and the options available to us. This forum looks like a very useful resource and I'm looking forward to making use of it. Regards, SchoolOfStone
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