Durham's housing and what it means for insulation
Historic stock in the city and Victorian terraces in Gilesgate, inter-war and post-war housing in Newton Hall and Framwellgate Moor, and former colliery villages of stone and brick terraces across the county.
Typical Durham enquiries
- Colliery-village terrace roof work
- Terrace loft conversions in Gilesgate
- Loft floor upgrades in Newton Hall
- Stone terrace roof build-ups
Qualitative pattern from Durham's housing stock; replaced with aggregated, anonymised Durham enquiry data as it builds.
Mill-town terraces in Durham: slate, solid walls, old felt
The county's former colliery villages have stone and brick terraces on old slate; in the city, Gilesgate's terraces and Newton Hall's post-war housing bring more conventional roofs.
The stone and brick terraces of the mill towns have steep slate roofs on shallow rafters, solid walls and, very often, decades-old felt or none at all. Loft conversions are common and multifoil under the rafters is the usual investigation, but old staining on the timbers is common enough that the survey frequently stops at the moisture question first and comes back to insulation once the cause is found.
Coverage around Durham
Assessment and installation are allocated by postcode and project type across Durham and these surrounding areas:
We also cover Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Newcastle upon Tyne and the rest of the North East.
How it works, briefly
Postcode → property questions → assessment where a physical inspection is needed → recommendation → fixed quote → installation. Every step runs to the InsulationMatch installation standard; the installing company is named on the quote. Multifoil itself is explained in the multifoil guide, and what moves a price in the cost guide. Local ranges are published here only once genuine Durham quotes exist.
Local projects
Documented Durham projects are added to the project library as they complete. Until then the library's typical project scenarios show how the housing above is assessed.