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Assessment of newly bought house for energy upgrades

  • 17-07-2020 12:37pm
    #1
    Summer2020
    Registered Users Posts: 651 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Recently bought a BER C2 1991 built house which has natural gas heating. I’m coming from an A3 rated new build with air to water heat pump.

    I know they are certain grants available for heating and energy upgrades and would like to take advantage of them. Is there such a thing as an impartial company/service who will come out and assess your house from an energy efficacy point of view and give advice?

    I’d be open to considering solar , zoning the heating system and anything else recommended.

    Any advice appreciated


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  • #2
    MicktheMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,867 ✭✭✭MicktheMan


    My advice is to put things like solar, zoning, grants etc to the back of your mind until you have had a full heat loss survey done by an independent surveyor. This will leave you in no doubt about where your heat is being lost and what will / wont fix the problem. By reducing drastically your heat loss, how you supply the then vastly reduced heat demand is a much simpler (and cheaper) solution generally without the need for grant aided "eco bling". All this assumes you're interested in a proper long term solution.


  • #3
    Summer2020
    Registered Users Posts: 651 ✭✭✭Summer2020


    MicktheMan wrote: »
    My advice is to put things like solar, zoning, grants etc to the back of your mind until you have had a full heat loss survey done by an independent surveyor. This will leave you in no doubt about where your heat is being lost and what will / wont fix the problem. By reducing drastically your heat loss, how you supply the then vastly reduced heat demand is a much simpler (and cheaper) solution generally without the need for grant aided "eco bling". All this assumes you're interested in a proper long term solution.

    Could you recommend anyone for this heat loss survey ? I’ve read previous threads on boards similar to this and it seems the BER assessment is just a paper ticking excercise. A recommendation for a good independant heat loss assessor would be appreciated.


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