Winter Home Energy Checks - FREE
- Location: Age UK Oldham
- Price: Free
Email: sue.hay@ageukoldham.org.uk
Telephone: 01616 229277
Ensuring your home is energy efficient can help you stay warm in winter. It is easier and cheaper to heat your home if it is well insulated and your heating works properly. Age UK Oldham are providing FREE HOME ENERGY CHECKS to ensure you and your home are ready for the cold weather.
Why do I need a home energy check?
As we get older, our bodies react differently to the cold weather, and it takes us longer to warm up. Exposure to cold weather for long periods of time can make you more vulnerable to some health problems.
The cold weather causes your blood to thicken and increases your blood pressure, which raises your risk of heart attacks and strokes. Other conditions are also triggered or worsened by the cold weather, including arthritis asthma and influenza.
What happens during the home energy check?
1. Visiting Your Home
One of our experienced handy persons will visit your home at a time that is convenient for you. The home energy check will take between 60 and 90 minutes
2. The Assessment
The handy person will check the temperature inside your home and whether there are any draughts. They will ask you several questions about your property and any current ways of saving energy that you are aware of and they will inspect your heating system and any insulation measures you have.
3. Installing Equipment
Depending on the outcome of the assessment, the handy person will fit appropriate energy efficiency equipment, which could range from an energy saving light bulb to reflective panels behind the radiator.
4. Giving Information and Advice
The handyperson will offer you some practical tips on how you can save energy to keep your fuel bills down, without compromising on the warmth of your house. They may also inform you of other Age UK an external services available in the area.