Why is it that grants are not available for solid wall insulation in older houses?

Seats, posters, floors and wall insulation were supposedly made of flame-retardent material that eventually caught fire.

Here it meets with cold air and condenses as water droplets on the wall insulation.

Formaldehyde is also released from urea-formaldehyde foams in wall insulation.

Some of the innovative design includes: Airtight building, wall insulation on the outside, foundation and roof insulation.

Adding external wall insulation is best left to professional contractors (see box on left).

Also, my cottage is tiny and I cannot sacrifice any more space by using internal wall insulation.

The solid concrete design also suffers inherently from cold bridging, which has to be remedied by internal wall insulation.

Recycled glass can also be used in kitchen tiles, counter tops, and wall insulation.

The Decc figures show solid wall insulation rising by 10-fold to 153,000 a year.