Heat Loss Survey

As part of a Heat loss / Cavity Wall insulation Survey, we will check for:

Draughts

Draughts from poorly installed windows, doors and thermal bridging can vastly increase your heating bills. We use a thermal camera to check.

Underperforming heating

There is only one way of checking for heating efficiency and that is also using a thermal camera (whether wall-mounted or under floor systems).

Cavity wall insulation

Cavity wall insulation is there to prevent air circulation and we often find a shortfall. We use a specialist borescope camera to check several areas.

Snagging inspection vs Heat Loss Survey

As part of our standard snagging inspection, we can conduct a basic check for new-build customers wanting the reassurance of their house being insulated and having no draughts etc. This involves drilling a small hole into the mortar of brickwork and using a specialist camera to check for blown in or solid insulation and checking for draughts and roof insulation failings etc inside. [Note: We only recommend this with traditional build (block and brick) rather than timber frame due to the difference in how the houses are insulated and similarly it is not strictly suitable for apartments]

Due to the growing shorfalls in insulation installation, we offer a service for customers that have already moved in and are experiencing heat loss and just want us to conduct a heat loss survey and not a full snagging inspection. As this takes a lot less time (ie. not a day rate) submit your details and we will be in touch when we are in your area; as we will potentially be able to attend in the afternoon or morning before a nearby snagging inspection. On average the check takes 1-2 hours, we just ask the heating to be turned on in haste of our arrival to ensure optimum findings. To ensure we are able to find heat loss via poor insulated cavity walls, we use the borescope camera as a primary means.

Cost of inspection

The cost of our heat loss investigation survey is £349 inc vat.

Please submit your details and we will endeavour to respond and inspect your house as soon as possible. Please note that some areas of the country are less common for us to inspect in which case a bespoke quotation will be provided to supplement travelling time and mileage expenses.