We took out the suspended timber floors and came back up with hard-core and insulation and radon and concrete with underfloor heating,” he says. We put in air tightness membranes and new attic insulation.”He used recycled paper for the attic and timber frame insulation. Between 2015 and October 2025, the measures most in demand for grant aid were solar panels, attic insulation and cavity wall insulation. If you want to take a step-by-step approach, the Better Energy Homes and Solar PV scheme offers individual energy upgrades. Insulating the attic of the same house attracts a grant of €1,300 while the median cost of this work is €1,983.

Source: The Irish Times January 18, 2026 08:57 UTC