Say what the house is doing and we will open the right page.
- The house feels cold and draughty even with the heating on.Open
- You're weighing new windows against secondary glazing.Open
- You want to know what your fabric actually needs first.Open
- You're planning a retrofit and want the right order of works.Open
- Your bills are high and you already have decent insulation.Open
The unsexy upgrades that make every other system work harder.
Heat pumps love a well-insulated house. Air conditioning loves a shaded window. Smart controls love a thermostat in the right room. The fabric decisions almost no one writes about decide everything else.
The fabric of a comfortable home.
The fabric ladder
Performance is not a product decision. It is an order of works.
Every performance question sits on one of the rungs below. Fixing further down the ladder makes everything above it smaller, cheaper and gentler; skipping rungs is what turns a retrofit into a rolling programme of regret.
- 01Draught-proof
Seal the obvious leaks first. A quiet afternoon with the right brush strips changes the felt temperature of the house.
- 02Insulate the roof
The cheapest, highest-return upgrade in almost every British home. Loft first, always.
- 03Address the walls
Cavity fill where suitable; internal or external solid-wall where it isn't. The single biggest fabric decision most homes will make.
- 04Fix the glazing
Better glass, better frames, better seals. Or secondary glazing done properly on a listed house.
- 05Shade the summer
External shutters, awnings and reflective film. The performance decision that used to be optional and is now a design condition.
Say what the house is doing and we will open the right page.
- 01The house feels cold and draughty even with the heating on.Insulation, in order
- 02You're weighing new windows against secondary glazing.Windows and shading
- 03You want to know what your fabric actually needs first.Fabric-first ladder
- 04You're planning a retrofit and want the right order of works.The Home Planner
- 05Your bills are high and you already have decent insulation.Smart controls
- 06You want one score across the whole home before deciding.Home Comfort Score
A pound spent on insulation almost always pays back faster than a pound spent on a fancier boiler. A properly shaded window can save more energy than the most efficient AC. The fabric of your home is the cheapest, longest-lasting upgrade you'll ever make.
How performance works
Find the losses
Find the losses
Most British homes lose heat through the roof, the walls, the floor and the gaps round windows and doors. A thermal image or even a careful walk through on a cold morning shows where the warmth is going.
Close the envelope
Loft insulation, cavity fill where suitable, draught-proofing, and better glazing slow the loss to a fraction of where it began. Each upgrade compounds the next.
Verify, then size systems to suit
With the fabric improved, the heating and cooling can be smaller, gentler and cheaper to run. The order matters: shrink demand first, then specify the system.
A pound spent on insulation almost always pays back faster than a pound spent on a fancier boiler.
The fabric of a comfortable home.
Inside this hub
Read first
Insulation; the upgrade that decides everything
Loft, cavity walls, draught-proofing. The quiet upgrade that makes every other system work harder.
See it built
Project library
Common UK install patterns; the brief, the kit, the cost band.
Real prices
Cost intelligence
Independent UK price ranges, sourced from industry data; not RRPs.
Where to start.
Insulation
Loft, walls, floors. What's worth doing, what isn't, and the surprising payback on the unglamorous upgrades.
Windows & shading
Glazing, frames, external shading, blinds. The thermal envelope your heating and cooling either fights or works with.
Smart Controls
Thermostats, zoning and scheduling: the modest upgrade that often saves more than a much larger one, because it stops you heating rooms and hours you never use.
Decide with data.
Find out where your home is leaking comfort and money.
Your next step
Take the next step.
Every tool quietly contributes to Your Home so the next recommendation is sharper than the last.
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Why it matters