Could the government do more to make ‘leaky’ homes more energy efficient? 

Thank the Tories for scrapping energy efficiency standards to line the pockets of the house builders and fossil fuel industry. The Tories have to go.

Lobbying and interests of the rich is so powerful, it cannot even change the will of the people.

My mothers 1970s built is always worm mainly from roof insulation, I went in the loft the other day and it was to hot up there, I had to come back down.

It took my landlord more than 3 years to fix the leaky kitchen faucet that cost less than 100

Here in Ireland there are increased grant levels in a one stop shop online for up to 50% of the cost of energy retrofits and free energy upgrades for some in fuel poverty. It's not perfect and more still needs to be done but at least there's some help. We have a Green Party in government here.

I used to live in an old rural cottage, very drafty, heating oil cost £300 a month. I spent about £300 on loft insulation, water cylinder jacket, pipe lagging and 20 tubes of mastic. Got the heating system power flushed, boiler serviced and a few new rads (cost £1000). End result - £50 of heating oil a month, and an extremely toasty crib! 😃

I don't understand how houses in the UK are built, but here in the US it isn't a "complicated" job. A company can come in and blow insulation in the attic within a couple of hours. We had insulation blown into the walls a few years ago. They made little holes, blew the insulation in, patched the holes, and used a camera to show the insulation. Our house is 70 years old, and we paid the bills for the insulation, but they were not horrendous. There was also a deduction from the tax bill to encourage this type of home improvement.

Cold encourages condensation thus mould in the winters

£100,000 to retrofit insulation? I was thinking of doing this but had no idea it could cost this much.

How do Mr and Mrs Egg and Chips get together 500,000 pounds for a house? And how is that crappy house worth even half that?

that council house in milton keynes 4:30 is more sutable for tuscany than england, its hrendously designed for a cold climate, it looks prefab and was probbaly built fast.

What. Where I am, building a house without insulation would break building standards. It could be condemned.

Really an Energy rating A home cost so little to heat

Bild like in Sweden. Take the heat from the ground. Livet the temperatur to 18. Thermia heat cost app 12k.

So what system was used for the insulation refit? Thinking Kingspan foam and Grenfell!

The easiest way to keep warm especially at night while one sleeps is to set up a tent in a room. There are some that don't need to be anchored to the floor. That is what they do in the coldest part of Siberia. At least, one tribe does that.

Add insulation everywhere Put plastic on the inside of all windows Buy electric outlets that have a inside panel that stops leaks Put insulation around all doors Caulk all windows inside and out

and the solution is on the report itself, standards the tories ditched. And the Brexit heroes keep talking about scrapping standards

the house building style definitely came from Asia

It`s the homeowners responsibility to maintaine their own houses NOT the taxpayers problem.

What about high street sliding doors left wide open? That's an insult!

Could the government do less to make leaky homes more energy efficient.

Time to bundle up! Layers, cover head and feet.

Yes

Hahaha here in barbados we try to keep the heat out.....i painted my roof.

a cold house is no home. regards from malaysian utuber

Low interest is a good idea

well theyre not doing anything now, so yes

Why on earth would it be the government's (other tax payers) responsibility to pay for insulating privately owned homes - especially half million pound homes? That house at 2:47 looks as though it might be a barn conversion. Have the owners never heard the aphorism "close the door - were you born in a barn?" By all means, set standards for new builds or council homes - that council house with the hollow walls seems to be a clear case for cavity wall insulation. But I assume every council in the country is heaving under the strain of cuts to repay lockdown. I thought that there were national minimum living standards for council houses? One point though - surely cavities between walls act as insulation layers, not coolers? Isn't that how double glazing works?

And we just accept it :)

peoples private homes have nothing to do with the government. so go back and build some council houses YOU ARE in charge of ? how about that - you doing your job ? before the lot of you are disbanded.

We'll be loving in mud huts soon.

if there are many laws that governments consider necessary they need many workers to ensure the Laws are inplace, being followed, and the people to impose penalties when the laws are broken. A bigger government. Small government means leave everybody alone.

UK home design is garbage. Ugly parodies of 30s buildings best forgotten.

The poor can't afford to retrofit

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So the government has to tell you to put a jumper on when it get cold? Really Channel 4, you insult your audience.

Portugal a billion times worse

Maybe use the money we are sending to Ukraine ?