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Have Brush Will Travel
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Joined: 23 Mar 2007
Posts: 584
Location: Wales

Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: Insulation

Ive been googling like made all afternoon trying to find a comparison chart for different types of insulation and the returns you get from it

I saw one somewhere that stated the cost of loft insulation was normally recoverable between one and two years...double glazing 25-30 years!!!

Bit different to what the reps says when they come out isnt it..then again, they are reps!

Has anyone got a decent link to a comparison site?

Thanks.
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LovelyBoy
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Joined: 31 Aug 2008
Posts: 57
Location: Wigan

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:17 am Post subject:

Hi Have Brush Will Travel,

Perhaps not quite what you are after (and maybe you've seen it already) - but worth a look:

http://www.askjeff.co.uk/cavity.html

LB.

Hoovie
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Joined: 27 Jul 2007
Posts: 8036
Location: East Devon

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 8:48 am Post subject:

A lot of these payback periods are based on cost of energy that is out of date, so a 20 year packback may well be 12 years now, for example.

Here is a RICS report of payback periods that are totally ridiculous the other way .... http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/solar-panels-take-100-years-to-pay-back-installation-costs-917202.html

and something that is slightly less biased ....
http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/Energy-saving-assumptions
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Have Brush Will Travel
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Location: Wales

Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:17 pm Post subject:

Cheers lads..

Very interesting cavity fill article...we are haing it done next week! Confused

Solar panels..100 years!!...what would posess anyone to waste money like that????
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thescruff
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Joined: 10 Mar 2008
Posts: 5665
Location: Bath

Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 1:40 am Post subject:

Sorry People, we all need to start making savings in energy use.

The payback should not be a consideration, instead consider it added value to the property.

The payback is when you put the house on the market and find it's several thousands more valuable than the neighbours.
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Raf
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Joined: 07 Mar 2008
Posts: 159
Location: Lancs

Posted: Wed Nov 12, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject:

quite correct Scruff; something alot of surveys leave out.

also if you consider a vast bulk of current energy is non renewable and hence will never really get cheaper, in 5 yrs time the pay back period could have halved.

energy has gone up around 40% in the last year or so; that will knock a big dent into payback periods calculated two yrs ago.

and besides it gives you a bit more freedom and cannot be held to ransom by some fat cat at British Gas.

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