Cavity Wall Insulation has been surveying and installing in Portobello/Craigmillar for years — cavity-wall fill, loft top-ups, internal and external wall systems, and underfloor work. Portobello/Craigmillar has a particularly mixed housing stock — pre-1919 solid-wall terraces sit alongside 1930s semis, post-war local-authority builds and modern cavity-wall estates on the outskirts.
Portobello/Craigmillar has a particularly mixed housing stock — pre-1919 solid-wall terraces sit alongside 1930s semis, post-war local-authority builds and modern cavity-wall estates on the outskirts. Each construction era reacts differently to insulation, which is why a one-line phone quote is almost always wrong for Portobello/Craigmillar.
Exposed coastal and elevated areas around Portobello/Craigmillar get hammered by wind-driven rain, which is why we won't blow loose-fibre cavity fill on properties with severe exposure ratings — bonded bead is the right specification, every time.
Whatever your property type, we'll specify the right system. These are the services we install across Portobello/Craigmillar and the surrounding area.
Top-up or full re-lay to current depth standards, with hatch draught-proofing.
Bonded bead or blown fibre, drilled and pumped with a written 25-year guarantee.
Render-finish system for solid-wall homes — warmth and weatherproofing in one.
Slim breathable boards for listed and conservation properties.
Mineral wool or rigid board between joists; stops cold from below.
Safe foam removal from awkward voids, surveyed and extracted to current standards.
End-of-terrace properties in Portobello/Craigmillar lose disproportionate heat through the gable. We often quote external wall insulation on the gable only, leaving the rest of the property's brickwork on show — a small job with an outsized comfort gain.
Local trades know us in Portobello/Craigmillar — we work alongside roofers, plasterers and electricians regularly, and we're happy to coordinate around other work so insulation gets done in the right sequence.
Four steps, no surprises. We follow the same process on every property in Portobello/Craigmillar.
A local surveyor visits, inspects the loft, walls and any exposed floor voids, and asks about damp history, ventilation and any planned building work.
Itemised by measure — loft top-up, cavity fill, EWI per elevation — with materials, guarantee scope and labour broken out separately. No surprise extras.
Two or three-person team, dust sheets down, all access points (loft hatch, drilled holes) reinstated and made good before we leave site.
Walk-through with the lead installer. You get the guarantee paperwork the same day and a follow-up call after the first heating month.
A few representative jobs from our recent work in and around Portobello/Craigmillar.
Underfloor and skirting insulation on a single-storey park home that had been close to uninhabitable in winter. Used moisture-tolerant boards beneath the floor and breathable skirting infill. Owner reported the heating coming on half as often.
1960s cavity-wall property with original mineral fibre fill that had slumped on the gable. We extracted the failed material, refilled with bonded bead, and topped the loft from 100 mm to 300 mm. Owner reported the upstairs bedrooms holding heat through the night for the first time in a decade.
Solid-wall mid-terrace with damp staining on the north wall. Specified breathable internal wood-fibre boards on two external walls and re-laid the loft. The damp resolved within six weeks as the wall fabric began to dry, with no chemical treatment needed.
Insulation done badly is worse than no insulation. These are the issues we're called out to remediate most often in Portobello/Craigmillar.
For a typical 3-bed semi in Portobello/Craigmillar, expect £600–£1,200 for cavity wall insulation, depending on wall area, gable exposure and whether existing material needs extracting first. We'll always give a written, itemised quote after the free survey — never a phone estimate.
Every installer working in Portobello/Craigmillar holds the relevant industry accreditations (CIGA, NIA or BBA-equivalent depending on the system). Every cavity-wall install carries a 25-year guarantee, which only certified installers can issue.
Not when the property is suitable and the right material is used. The risk comes from blowing the wrong fill into an unsuitable property — typically a high-exposure or already-damp wall. Our survey rules those out before we quote, and we will turn down jobs we don't believe are right.
Government schemes such as ECO4 and GBIS are available in Portobello/Craigmillar for qualifying households. Eligibility depends on income, benefits status and the EPC band of the property. Your surveyor will tell you in plain English whether you'll qualify and walk you through the paperwork if so.
All cavity-wall installs in Portobello/Craigmillar come with the independent CIGA 25-year guarantee, which is transferable if you sell the property. Loft and underfloor installs carry our own 10-year workmanship guarantee on top of the manufacturer warranty.
Yes. We regularly survey listed buildings and properties in conservation areas around Portobello/Craigmillar. The specification almost always uses breathable internal wall systems rather than cavity or external fill, and we'll handle the consents conversation with your local planning office if needed.