Publisher's Synopsis
- The 2012 Green Deal: reliable information on how it will affect you (the Government claims that nearly every home in the UK could benefit from energy-efficiency improvements and so will be loaning up to £10,000 per home).
- Identifying the age and type of your house.
- Different insulation options for your home.
- Walls: cavity walls, timber frame, period houses, internal lining and external cladding.
- Floors: solid floors, beam and block floors, suspended timber floors and maintaining ventilation.
- Roofs: insulating lofts or rafters, and upgrading flat roofs.
- Windows: options including replacement, secondary glazing and overhaul.
- How to install and maintain energy-efficient pipes and tanks.
- Further advice on planning and building control.
- Of equal use for homeowners and Green Deal contractors, and features plenty of step-by-step instructions.
