Loft insulation removal and repairs in Gravesend

Common loft faults here

31% of homes in Gravesend are semis. Their roomy lofts tend to have decades of storage sitting on thin, flattened insulation, often on boards nailed straight to the joists.

32% of households here live in terraced houses, many with slate roofs and no felt. Those lofts need airflow, so insulation must stop short of the eaves.

Flats are 26% of homes here. If damp is coming through your top-floor ceiling, the freeholder or managing agent needs to agree to work in the loft above.

21% of households rent privately. Condensation from drying clothes indoors often ends up in the loft; landlords can book a check.

Before you book, have a look for insulation that sits level with or below the tops of the joists, drips on nails on frosty mornings or cables buried out of sight under insulation. Each has a cause we can usually find and fix.

Booking a loft check in Gravesend

If you’re in Gravesend or close by, in Northfleet, Tilbury, Swanscombe, Chadwell St Mary and Longfield, New Ash Green and Hartley for instance, we can come out.

Have a surveyor’s report mentioning the loft? Note it on the form.

Gravesend’s housing at a glance

Going by the 2021 Census, Gravesend has close to 24,100 households. The biggest share of homes are terraced houses, 32%, followed by semi-detached houses at 31%. Flats and maisonettes are 26% and detached houses and bungalows 11%. 29% own outright and 31% have a mortgage or shared ownership; 21% rent from a private landlord and 19% from a council or housing association. Roughly 62% of homes have at least three bedrooms.

Figures: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021, Gravesend built-up area, bedrooms approximate. Percentages rounded.