SuperQuilt multifoil insulation
A/A+ fire ratedMultifoil earns its place in Hackney roofs where depth is the binding constraint — period timbers, low headroom, or a conversion already boarded out.
East London loft specialists
Loft insulation in Hackney
Our installers work in Hackney and across the wider East London area every week, which means we know what is behind the hatch before we open it. That familiarity is why our quotes hold and why the job usually takes a day rather than three.
Free survey in Hackney
Fixed written price
No call-out charge
Why it matters
The case for insulating your Hackney loft
25%of a home's heat is lost through an uninsulated roof
1 in 5UK lofts are under-insulated or have the wrong material
270mmthe depth current building regulations recommend
90%less radiant heat loss with SuperQuilt multifoil
None of this requires permissions, scaffolding or structural work. In Hackney, as anywhere, it is a day's work with materials that cost little relative to what they save.
Hackney's homes
Why Hackney lofts need attention
Hackney forms part of East London, an area whose housing is characterised by Victorian terraces, interwar council-built estates, post-war rebuilding and a great deal of recent conversion and new build. The bulk of it went up during the 1870s onwards, with heavy rebuilding after 1945, decades before insulation was a design consideration at all, and what sits above the ceilings today is usually a retrofit added at some point in the last fifty years to whatever standard was current at the time.
That matters because the standard has moved repeatedly. Lofts insulated in the 1980s typically received 100mm; earlier work was often 50mm or nothing. Current guidance is 270mm. A great many Hackney houses therefore contain insulation that was entirely adequate when it was fitted and is now doing roughly a third of the work it should be — while the homeowner reasonably assumes the loft is 'done'.
Wartime damage and post-war rebuilding mean two adjoining houses on the same street can have entirely different roof construction. It is the sort of thing a survey establishes in ten minutes and a phone quote never can.
Our services in Hackney
Five ways we keep Hackney homes warm
Every one of these begins with the same free survey and ends with a fixed price agreed before anything starts.
Loft insulation installation
270mm depthMineral wool cross-laid to the 270mm depth current regulations recommend. For most Hackney homes this is the single highest-value thing you can do to the building.
Loft boarding
Storage-readyStorage that does not flatten your insulation. We raise the deck on battens so the full depth survives underneath — the version most Hackney lofts should have had first time.
Loft ladders
Fitted in a dayThe thing that turns a loft you avoid into one you use. Grab rails and a boarded landing area where the design allows.
Loft makeovers
All-in-oneThe whole loft dealt with at once, for one fixed price. Most Hackney properties are finished within a day.
Not sure what your Hackney loft needs?
Describe the property and what is bothering you about it, and we will recommend the right combination — or tell you that nothing needs doing.
Where we work
Covering Hackney and the surrounding area
If you are on the edge of Hackney — closer to Islington, Shadwell and Little Ilford, perhaps — you are still inside our working area. The boundaries on this site are for navigation, not for pricing.
In the loft
Loft work in and around Hackney
Examples of the work we carry out across the area — insulation, boarding, access and full makeovers.
Questions & answers
Hackney loft insulation — common questions
How long does the work take in a typical Hackney home?
Half a day for insulation alone; a full day for a combined job with boarding, lighting and a ladder. Very large Hackney lofts or heavy strip-outs occasionally run into a second morning, and we tell you that in advance.
Can I still use my Hackney loft for storage afterwards?
Yes, provided the boarding is raised. Screwing boards straight onto 100mm joists over 270mm of wool compresses it to a third of its depth and throws away most of what you paid for. We fit raised boarding on battens so the insulation stays at full depth underneath.
Do you offer free surveys in Hackney?
Free, with no call-out fee and no pressure. A meaningful proportion of our Hackney surveys conclude that the loft is already adequately insulated and the homeowner should keep their money — which is a perfectly normal outcome.
Do you remove the old insulation?
Only when it needs to go. Sound, dry wool can be topped over, which saves you the removal cost. Material that is damp, vermin-fouled or collapsed does come out, and we bag it and take it away. Which applies to your Hackney loft is established at survey and priced separately.
Do you work in the streets around Hackney?
Yes — we cover Hackney and the whole surrounding area, and our teams are usually working somewhere nearby on any given week. If your street is not obviously listed on our coverage page, ring us anyway; the list is not exhaustive.
Can you fit a loft ladder at the same time?
We fit ladders alongside insulation and boarding routinely — it is one of the main reasons the combined makeover works out cheaper than booking the elements separately.
What homeowners say
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Worth reading before you book
Loft condensation and ventilation — one of our guides, written by the surveyors who assess lofts across Hackney and the rest of the capital every week. You can also browse all of our advice guides or read the general FAQ.
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