SuperQuilt multifoil insulation
A/A+ fire ratedAt roughly 40mm, multifoil delivers serious performance without stealing headroom — which is why it is the answer for Stoke Newington homes with a room in the roof or a sloping ceiling.
North London loft specialists
Loft insulation in Stoke Newington
Cold upstairs rooms and a heating bill that keeps climbing usually have the same cause, and in Stoke Newington it is very often the roof. We survey the loft free of charge, measure what is genuinely up there, and quote a fixed price to bring it up to standard.
Free survey in Stoke Newington
Fixed written price
No call-out charge
Why it matters
The case for insulating your Stoke Newington 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
Those figures are national, but the logic is entirely local: the roof over a Stoke Newington house is the cheapest part of it to improve, and the part losing the most.
Stoke Newington's homes
What we find in Stoke Newington roof spaces
The roofs over Stoke Newington are mostly steeply pitched slate and clay tile roofs with usable, walkable voids above the top floor, and they were built during the 1870s through the 1930s for a housing market with no expectation of thermal performance. Insulation arrived later, retrofitted into spaces never designed to accommodate it, and the results vary enormously from street to street.
On survey we routinely find the same handful of problems: material compressed to a fraction of its depth by boards laid straight onto the joists, insulation packed hard into the eaves and sealing off the roof's only ventilation path, hatches left as bare uninsulated panels, and recessed downlighters buried under wool. None of these are exotic and all of them are fixable — but they need finding first.
Many of the larger houses were divided into flats decades ago, so the loft often sits above a top-floor conversion with its own separate access, which is one more reason we measure rather than assume.
Our services in Stoke Newington
Five ways we keep Stoke Newington 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 depthThe standard job, done to standard: two layers, the second laid across the joists to kill the cold bridge, eaves left clear. Most Stoke Newington lofts are finished in half a day.
Loft boarding
Storage-readyTongue-and-groove panels, screwed rather than nailed so they lift again if a cable needs reaching — raised clear of the insulation throughout.
Loft ladders
Fitted in a dayFixed, stable access instead of a stepladder on the landing. Timber, aluminium or concertina, chosen to suit the space your Stoke Newington home actually has.
Loft makeovers
All-in-oneOne team, one survey, one sequence of work. The insulation depth sets the batten height, the batten height sets the ladder landing — which is why doing it piecemeal costs more.
Not sure what your Stoke Newington 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 Stoke Newington and the surrounding area
Working across North London means Stoke Newington rarely stands alone on the schedule — Dalston and Finsbury Park are all within the same round. If your address sits between them, ring and we will confirm.
In the loft
Loft work in and around Stoke Newington
Examples of the work we carry out across the area — insulation, boarding, access and full makeovers.
Questions & answers
Stoke Newington loft insulation — common questions
How much does loft insulation cost in Stoke Newington?
There is no single figure, and anyone offering one for Stoke Newington without seeing the loft is guessing. The largest swing factor is almost always whether the existing material can be topped over or has to be stripped out and disposed of. We survey free of charge and quote a fixed price afterwards.
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 happens to the water tank and pipes?
They end up above the new insulation line, in a colder space than before, so they must be lagged. The cold water tank is insulated on its sides and lid but never underneath — the warmth rising from the house is what keeps it from freezing. We handle this as part of the job.
Do you work in the streets around Stoke Newington?
Yes — we cover Stoke Newington 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.
Will this improve my EPC rating?
Usually, and often noticeably. Loft insulation depth is recorded directly by the assessor, so increasing it from 100mm to 270mm generally moves the rating. We hand over product documentation and declared performance figures so your assessor records what is actually there.
Do you remove the old insulation?
It depends what is up there. Cross-laying a new layer over sound existing material is both cheaper and perfectly correct. Failed, contaminated or loose-fill material is stripped, bagged and disposed of — slow work, and we show it as its own line on the quote.
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Worth reading before you book
Loft insulation grants and funding — one of our guides, written by the surveyors who assess lofts across Stoke Newington 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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Ready for a warmer Stoke Newington home?
Half an hour with a tape measure is all it takes to find out where your Stoke Newington home is losing heat — and there is no charge for it.