DraughtBusters

Energy saving advice and help

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  • Draught proofing
    • How to get started
    • Front Door
    • uPVC door problems
    • Why draughts?
    • Tools and Materials
    • Redundant AirBricks
    • Windows and doors
    • Floors
    • Loft and first floor ceilings
    • Loft Traps
    • Draughts and condensation
    • Draughts and types of damp
  • Lockdown suggestions
    • UPVC window seals
  • Finding Draughts
    • Basic Advice
    • Dry lined homes
    • Modern timber frame
    • Victorian terraced houses
    • Chalet Bungalow
    • Cross walled homes
    • Early cavity wall homes
    • Concrete panel houses
    • Solid stone and cob homes
  • Going further
    • Cost-benefit analysis of improvements
    • Controlling your heating system
    • Upgrading to Underfloor Heating
    • In House Winter Cooling Systems
    • Problems with dot and dabbed walls
    • Heat loss from unused chimneys
    • Draughts in the first floor void
    • Around openings in walls
    • A beautiful window
    • Habits to save energy in the kitchen
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  • What’s New?
    • UPVC window seals
    • What is going on under your bath?
    • Surveys
    • A Partially Deconstructed Wall
    • DraughtBusters Winter Report Dec 2019
    • Summer Condensation
    • Why so many flat roofs fail
    • Lead Pumping
    • Spots on a ceiling
    • Rising damp
    • DPC cold bridging dangers
  • Covid recovery package to include vouchers to help pay for energy saving retrofits

    Up to £5000 to help pay for energy saving home improvements expected in government’s Covid-19 economic recovery plan.

    Covid recovery package to include vouchers to help pay for energy saving retrofits
  • Lockdown Actions

    Draughtproofing windows, doors, floors, ceilings, penetrations, round pipes, beside wires in ceiling roses etc

    Replace heating controller and thermostat with a better form of control like a programmable room thermostat or smart controller like Hive or Nest.

    Lockdown Actions
  • Could Reading’s Winter Watch help you?

    Winter Watch is available to Reading residents who are on a low income and either over 60, have very young children, have a disability or health concerns. It aims to helps people on low incomes in Reading to prepare their home for heating during the winter months.

    Could Reading’s Winter Watch help you?

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Transition Town Reading

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Reading Borough Council

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Reading Rotary Club

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