Solid Wall Insulation Guarantee Agency
SWIGA CASE STUDIES
Example Of SWIGA Member Projects
SWIGA Solid Wall Insulation Case Studies
Below you'll find examples of SWIGA member project completions - showcased to demonstrate quality of design and workmanship and exactly what can be achieved by specifying a solid wall insulation system.Some fine examples we think you'll agree ... and all guaranteed!
InstaGroup has been supplying and installing External Wall insulation and replacement windows for homes in Ealing, Greater London through the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF). The 44 properties were constructed in the 1930s and 1940s.
Adapt and improve: 1970s tower block made safer, smarter and warmer
Ambitious improvements save tower block from demolition.
This project for London Borough of Newham involved the replacement of combustible cladding systems with non-combustible alternative by Lawtech Group.
This £11million high rise retirement village development is part of Nottingham City Homes (NCH) and Nottingham City Council’s Building a Better Nottingham retrofit programme.
This rendered insulation system provided not only a face lift to this tired 1960’s high rise block but provided protection to its structure giving it at least a further 25 years of life.
Part of 210 house £2m scheme by Wrexham Council to modernise 1960s Lowton Cubitt steel frame houses, to ensure they achieved the Welsh Governments Welsh housing quality standard by 2020.
Working with the Energy Agency East Ayrshires Council combined there own funding with various grants available to them including ECO, HEEPS (ABS), CESP. To allow this combination of social housing and private properties to be refurbished.
Solid Wall Insulation successfully transformed the tired, stained exterior of this home in Bracknell to its fresh, clean look brimming with kerb appeal – while massively improving its energy efficiency
The installation of 558 council-owned properties in Chesterfield entailed installing EWI and weatherproof decorative render to a mixture of houses and low-rise blocks, all of which were originally built with solid walls and therefore exhibited poor heat retention.
This project involved the refurbishment of 107 two storey properties. The properties were system-built McRae type properties, timber framed with an external façade made up of Glass Reinforced Concrete.
The town of Gosport on the south coast of England has seen five1960’s tower blocks undergo a much needed upgrade; Garland Court, Harbour Tower, Seaward Tower, Blake Court and Hammond Court - all owned by Hyde Housing Group.
The homeowner complained of the upstairs front bedrooms being ‘’absolutely freezing in winter,” The front of the houses in this particular area are traditionally tile-hung, and that was the problem.
Flintshire County Council identified 250 local properties that had solid walls and were therefore hard to heat and expensive to keep warm. They were a mix of social housing and privately owned homes.
This project was for the Structural Refurbishment of 36 Cornish Type I consisting of 4x two-storey blocks of flats containing 16 flats (2 leasehold) and 16 semi-detached/end terrace and 4 mid-terrace houses. All homes will be occupied for the duration of the works.
Sustainable Building Services (SBS) was awarded this contract to deliver Energy Efficiency Improvement Works to 180 occupied properties on behalf of Broxtowe Council under the Efficiency East Midlands Framework.
The installation of external wall insulation (EWI) to over 1,100 private and social housing properties. The work was procured by Nottingham City Homes (NCH) via the Efficiency East Midlands (EEM) solid wall insulation framework.
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