The damage that loft spray insulation has done to the #retrofit business cannot be underestimated.

Many of these installs were government funded so homeowners assumed it was a safe choice. The installers at the time could have been #Trustmark registered…but now that means nothing, because of the late realisation of danger from poor installs of the product by surveyors.

https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/aug/12/they-encouraged-us-to-insulate-our-home-now-its-unmortgageable

‘They encouraged us to insulate our home. Now it’s unmortgageable’

UK householders are angered by the discovery they cannot remortgage or sell their homes after installing spray-foam insulation to cut energy use

The Guardian
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