Conservation area ‘red tape’ could change to help insulate old homes

[MembershipKeymaster]

Interesting article in Edinburgh Live:

 

A councillor said people in conservation zones face barriers to simple alterations like changing leaking windows which ‘cost them a fortune’.

[Roger KellettModerator]

Historic Environment Scotland have produced an informative booklet about insulation tradtional buildings. It can be seen here:

[MembershipKeymaster]

(Fixed it as a link)

[Neil RobbKeymaster]

We used the following Scottish Government Initiative recently to have slimline double glazing installed into existing sash and case windows (Planning approved): https://www.homeenergyscotland.org/

 

The application form is a bit lengthy but the HES Team were excellent.

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