Home insulation

'My aunt's loft was insulated with thousands of cigarettes'

The last thing you'd expect to find in an attic is cigarette butts and filters, but that's exactly what was uncovered in a County Antrim house.

The government wants Britons to embrace heat pumps. But will they ever make financial sense for the average user?

The council in Wolverhampton secured over £5m of government funding towards the scheme.

Installers should be investigated by the Serious Fraud Office, an influential parliamentary committee has said.

The technology helps identify heat leaks, allowing people to take steps to save energy.

A woman whose home flooded during works carried out by a now-folded company says she is trying to rebuild her life.

Mr and Mrs Wadley's 19-year-old son has asthma and cannot come home for Christmas due to mould all over the walls.

Riva Surveyors Ltd and its manager are sentenced for targeting "vulnerable" homeowners.

Scientists based in Alaska are exploring how to turn the root-like part of a mushroom - mycelium - into insulating materials.

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