Sempatap helps reduce heating bills

Houses with solid walls (that's almost every property built prior to 1920) lose up to a staggering 45% of heat if the walls are not properly insulated. A considerable amount of heat also disappears up the chimney and your radiators could be turned down by several notches on the thermostatic valve if you put the right kind of material behind it.

MGC's award-winning Sempatap Thermal is a simple solution to heat loss through the walls. It comes on a roll and is applied like wallpaper – it's so easy to install that a competent DIYer would find it a straightforward task. Once in place, it can receive any decorative finish – including emulsion, wallpaper or tiles. By using Sempatap Thermal, rather than more traditional dry-lining solutions, insulation can be installed room by room to suit the householder's schedule, keeping disruption (and cost) to a minimum. It is an Energy Saving Trust “Recommended” product and has a life expectancy of 30 years.

Sempatap Thermal is a comparatively inexpensive way of insulating solid-wall homes – a typical Victorian terraced house would cost around £700 for the insulation materials.

Unused fireplaces are another major heat loss conduit, yet you can fit a simple Sempaflue chimney balloon in a matter of minutes and reduce that loss dramatically. Easy to install, the MGC balloons have the added advantage of also being deflatable so when you want to light a fire they're simple to remove.

One other way of being energy efficient is to fit reflective Sempatherm insulation panels behind your radiators. They are quick and easy to fit – you don't need to remove the radiators – and they can reduce your heating bill by as much as 15%.

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