DraughtBusters

Energy saving advice and help

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  • Finding Draughts
    • How to survey a building for draughts
    • Problem encountered during 2021/2022
    • 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
  • Draught proofing
    • How to get started
    • Why draughts?
    • Windows and doors
      • Front Door
      • uPVC door problems
      • UPVC window seals
    • Redundant AirBricks
    • Floors
    • Loft and first floor ceilings
    • Loft Traps
    • What is going on under your bath?
  • Galleries
  • Advanced Air Sealing
    • Problems with Drylined Homes
      • Problems with dot and dabbed walls
      • Around openings in walls
      • Draughts in the first floor void
    • Going Further
      • First Floor Void
      • Condensation mini case study
      • Controlling your heating system
      • Heat loss from unused chimneys
      • Types of damp in the home
      • Draughts and condensation
      • In House Winter Cooling Systems
    • More Advanced
      • Upgrading to Underfloor Heating
      • Lead Pumping
      • Why so many flat roofs fail
      • Summer Condensation

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Flyers

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DraughtBusters Flier 2017 - 2018
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Warm Home Discount Scheme fact sheet 2016 - 2017

Fact sheet about the Government's Warm Home Discount Scheme, which offers a rebate of £140 (2016/17 figure) on the electricity bill of those who are eligible.

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DraughtBusters flyer 2016 - 2017

Flyer describing the DraughtBusters service in 2016 -2017

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    Articles 

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    DraughtBusters Flier 2017 - 2018
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    'Dot and Dab', Green Building, Summer 2013

    Article in Green Building magazine about the shortcomings of the 'Dot and Dab' (Dry lining) approach to finishing internal walls, written by Tony Cowling. This is a problem that is resulting in too many new homes with draughty rooms and unnecessarily high heating bills.

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    Problems resulting from absent insulation, Green Building, Autumn 2013

    Article in Green Building magazine, Autumn 2013, written as follow-up to the article about Reading DraughtBusters in the Summer 2013 edition by Tony Cowling. The article goes in to more detail about problems encountered in the home described in the first article.

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    The Reading DraughtBusters, Green Building, Summer 2013

    Article in Green Building magazine about DraughtBusters first season of draught proofing, written by Tony Cowling.

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      Plans and reports 

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      DraughtBusters Flier 2017 - 2018
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