Surrey loft specialists

Loft insulation in Woking

If your Woking loft has 100mm of flattened wool and a boarded patch balanced on the joists, you are not alone and you are losing money every winter. We fit insulation to the recommended 270mm depth, and raise any boarding clear so it keeps working.

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Loft boarding laid over full-depth insulation in a Woking home

Why it matters

The case for insulating your Woking 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

Put against current energy prices, a Woking loft still carrying 100mm of settled wool is costing its owner money every single winter it stays that way.

Woking's homes

Older Woking homes, modern standards

Woking's housing stock largely dates from the 1920s onwards, on much older village foundations, and the roofs above it are typically generous pitched roofs, frequently with modern trussed construction on the newer stock. Very little of it was built with any insulation at all; what is there now was added later, and its condition depends entirely on who added it and when.

Retrofitted insulation ages in predictable ways. Mineral wool settles and compresses under its own weight over decades. Anything that has been walked on, stored on or boarded over is thinner than it was. Material that has been repeatedly damp has lost most of its value. And the very oldest loose-fill products are often best removed entirely rather than topped over.

A specific local factor: modern trussed roofs have dense timber webbing that makes movement awkward, so boarding needs planning around the truss layout. We look for that on every Woking survey.

Our services in Woking

Five ways we keep Woking homes warm

Every one of these begins with the same free survey and ends with a fixed price agreed before anything starts.

Rolls and stacked sheets of SuperFOIL multifoil insulation in a converted London loft

Where a Woking loft has already been converted, insulation has to follow the rafters rather than the floor. SuperQuilt does that in 40mm instead of the 200mm-plus a wool build-up would need.

Installer laying timber battens over mineral wool loft insulation ready for boarding

Full-depth mineral wool, fitted with the ventilation path protected and the hatch sealed — the details that decide whether a Woking loft actually performs.

Loft boarding part-laid over insulation with storage boxes and tools beside the hatch

Loft boarding

Storage-ready

A squared, edged deck reached from the hatch, with the eaves left open so the roof keeps breathing. Sized to what you will actually use rather than the whole Woking footprint.

Timber loft ladder lowered onto a landing in a British home

Loft ladders

Fitted in a day

Many older Woking hatches are too small for a ladder to swing through safely. We measure at survey and price any enlargement up front rather than on the day.

Finished loft makeover used as a bright living room with roof windows

Loft makeovers

All-in-one

Insulation, boarding, lighting and a ladder handled together in one visit — cheaper and better sequenced than buying the four separately.

Not sure what your Woking 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 Woking and the surrounding area

Woking sits within Surrey, and our teams regularly work in neighbouring areas including Addlestone and Weybridge. If you are just outside Woking itself, we almost certainly already cover your street.

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In the loft

Loft work in and around Woking

Examples of the work we carry out across the area — insulation, boarding, access and full makeovers.

Questions & answers

Woking loft insulation — common questions

What insulation depth do you fit?

Full recommended depth of 270mm as standard. Going deeper gives sharply diminishing returns; stopping short leaves money on the table every winter. For sloping ceilings in Woking loft rooms, multifoil at around 40mm is the practical alternative.

How much does loft insulation cost in Woking?

There is no single figure, and anyone offering one for Woking 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.

Will this improve my EPC rating?

Very likely. Without documentation an assessor will often default to a pessimistic assumption about what is in the loft, so we make sure you have the paperwork to show them.

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Worth reading before you book

How much does loft insulation cost in London? — one of our guides, written by the surveyors who assess lofts across Woking 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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