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TheBoy
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Can anyone put a price on U-value?
Take an average size house, with average people, with average heating requirements & using an average fuel- if you reduce the wall U-value by say 0.01- how much will this save in the long run? Basically what I am trying to say is, what is the payback? Does it save £10, £100 or £500 a year? Why spend thousands trying to reduce the U-value if the time taken to recoup that money in terms of fuel savings takes 100 years?
I appreciate there are so many factors to take into account that this could never be accurately worked out. I am also aware that we want to reduce U-value etc to help our planet but to be honest I'd say most people are interested in what money it will save them in the long-run. I also understand that savings will probably increase as the years go by as oil prices etc continue to rise.
Is it worth my while spending 5K extra for extra insulation, aerated blocks, wider cavity etc to reduce U-value by 0.03-0.04? I'd be interested to hear (see) some opinions on this.
Take an average size house, with average people, with average heating requirements & using an average fuel- if you reduce the wall U-value by say 0.01- how much will this save in the long run? Basically what I am trying to say is, what is the payback? Does it save £10, £100 or £500 a year? Why spend thousands trying to reduce the U-value if the time taken to recoup that money in terms of fuel savings takes 100 years?
I appreciate there are so many factors to take into account that this could never be accurately worked out. I am also aware that we want to reduce U-value etc to help our planet but to be honest I'd say most people are interested in what money it will save them in the long-run. I also understand that savings will probably increase as the years go by as oil prices etc continue to rise.
Is it worth my while spending 5K extra for extra insulation, aerated blocks, wider cavity etc to reduce U-value by 0.03-0.04? I'd be interested to hear (see) some opinions on this.