Where once we worried about keeping up with the Joneses with home renovations, we are now preoccupied with costs and environmental issues. Times have changed and the financial situation for everyone has grown considerably leaner in recent years. But one of the biggest issues we’re facing at the moment – and for the foreseeable future unless we change the way we live – is how to be more eco-friendly in our lives and homes.
Environmental considerations are a growing issue to contend with for home renovations and particularly loft conversions. We are looking for the greener option to help protect the environment around us and help us to conserve as much energy as possible when heating our houses. Modern Attics has some great ways of making your London loft conversion and your home eco-friendly.
What we can offer to make your loft green
There are key steps to making your loft environmentally friendly.
Using your converted loft as a living space
When your loft is converted, you have to take care to make sure that it is as eco-friendly and energy efficient as possible to benefit from the work. Using your loft as a living space means that you need to insulate the roof and the floor to keep any heat from escaping. Make sure that all the pieces of insulation board for the floor and the roof are fit tightly together too. Â You can slightly raise the floor of the living space and pack it with insulation to keep the heat in nicely for the occupant of the new room.
Being eco-friendly is a huge area of concern for people these days and rightly so. Even something like home improvements deserves the consideration of the environment. We often rush into things and want to do them as cheaply as possible; so much so that we often neglect the long-term savings to be had from doing a project in the right way. Loft insulation of 0 to 270mm can save you up to £175* per year. That’s a serious reduction in heat lost, energy use and carbon emissions straight away, taking some of the burden off Mother Nature. It’s getting easier to be green; are you willing to give it a go?