If your property has solid brick walls, you could be eligible for a grant for an external wall insulation.

Solid Wall Insulation Grants ECO4

The insulation requires installing a coating of insulation to the exterior wall of your home. It is then covered with specialist made cladding with a smooth finished area, painted, surfaced, tiled, covered with panelling, pebble dashed or completed with brick slides/slips.

• Insulation of external walls can be conducted without any disruption to the internal side of your house and will not reduce any floor area.
• Insulation of external walls will change the way the exterior walls look. This is something that you need to take into consideration if you have feature walls.
• The life span of your walls will increase as they will become protected against the weather and provide great resistance to your home.
• Exterior wall insulation may require planning permission and require optimum access to the outside of your home.
• If the outer walls are structurally unfit, then exterior wall insulation is not recommended.
• The insulation can decrease or prevent any condensation on internal walls. However, it will not resolve and rising or saturated damp.