Cavity wall insulation removal in Sleaford

Damp patches on inside walls are miserable at the best of times, and worse when they arrive after cavity wall insulation that was supposed to make the house better. When cavity fill is badly installed or gets wet, it can slump and bridge the cavity, carrying moisture from the outer wall to the inner one. The cure is not another product painted onto the wall inside. It is getting the failed fill out.

How cavity fill goes wrong

A cavity wall works by keeping the outer leaf and the inner leaf apart, so rain that soaks the outside never reaches the inside. Insulation that has slumped or got wet sits in that gap like a sponge pressed against both walls, and moisture tracks straight across it. The usual signs are damp patches and cold spots on inside walls, often on the side of the house that takes the weather.

What removal involves

We extract the material from the cavity, drilling out and removing the fill so the gap is clear and can do its job again. What we find is photographed and shown to you, the quote goes in writing before any work starts, and the completed work is put in writing as well. You are never asked to take our word for what was in your walls.

Cavity walls around Sleaford

Cavity construction arrived with the interwar and postwar building booms, and Sleaford has plenty of homes from that era, sitting between the stone and brick older buildings in the middle of town and the newer estates around its edges. A good number of those cavity-era houses had insulation blown in over the years, and where the fill has failed, the inside walls are now saying so. If you are selling or remortgaging a Sleaford home and the insulation has been queried, or you are simply tired of a damp patch that keeps coming back however often it is painted, removal deals with the cause rather than the symptom.

Getting it looked at

Ring 01406 704369 or send the form and we will ring you back. We come out to Sleaford, look at the walls, photograph what we find, explain what is going on in plain terms and give you a free price in writing. The price quoted is the price paid, the work is guaranteed for five or ten years depending on the work, and public liability and employer's liability insurance is in place on every job. We cover Sleaford and the wider NG34 area.