What are the Main Signs to Re-Insulate your Home?

Home insulation can really create a great living experience, providing you more comfort throughout the winter and summer months. Whether you are looking for thermal benefits, soundproofing, structural integrity or to prevent mould damage, home insulation can do it all.

However, when your home is lacking insulation, or is in need of re-insulation, the effects are heavily felt. A clear and direct indicator of a lack of insulation will be shown in your energy bills. Overtime your insulation, depending on the product, may weaken and become less effective, this will have a domino effect and cause many negative factors around your home.

So, when is it a good time to re-insulate your property and how can you know?

Higher Energy Bills

One of the most direct (and unfortunate) indicators showing it is time to re-insulate will be your energy bills. Insulation products can have lifespans from 10-50 years, depending on the product and location of your property. For example, if you live in an extremely wet area, your insulation may become damaged faster.

Over time, you should see some consistency with your energy bills (with the exception of major price hikes that England is currently experiencing). Therefore, when you start to see bills rise and especially if you notice you need to rely more heavily on energy-consuming equipment, such as your radiators, it may be an initial indicator that your insulation is failing you.

However, it would be too presumptuous to just go by this logic alone, so it is important to look at a combination of factors.

Uncommon Draughts

Insulation can do a great job of preventing unwanted draughts from entering your home. Air infiltration is minimised from the exterior of your property via insulation and air sealing. However, over time, this can weaken, and you may begin to feel cool draughts, especially if there is a storm or a big temperature difference.

This can indicate that your home’s building envelope may need re-insulating.

Older Properties

A very common reason to why you need to re-insulate will be down to the age of your building. Many older homes typically didn’t have insulation, and if they did, unless it has been re-insulated, they will have become outdated and ineffective.

Therefore, if you are living in an older property, we would highly recommend the state of its insulation, you may find that you can create a better living experience and save money on your energy bills by investing in an insulation service.

Air Quality

If you are a person that suffers from allergens, maybe dust or some other particles that give you a stuffy nose and itchy eyes, then you will definitely notice your insulation weaken if you start to experience these symptoms more frequently.

Insulation is a great preventative method for allergens entering a home, depending on the type of product used, you can significantly reduce the negative effects of the dust. Therefore, if you start to notice frequent issues due to allergens, it may be time to re-insulate your property, or have someone inspect it for you.