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A lot will depend on the thickness of mass concrete you're dealing with, but agree with Hector's House, stopping heat escaping (and cold draughts getting in) is a wise first stop. Insulating will go a long way towards that (and also help a lot with wall condensation issues that many mass concrete buildings are notorious for). I live in a 70's mass concrete number right now, and previously lived in a 30's one, and neither have been particularly expensive to heat, but both have walls a foot or more thick. Not all are that thick though (have met one or two flat roof ones with walls barely that), in which case insulation alone might not be enough, and looking at some form of cladding or building a second skin of bricks etc to create a cavity wall might be the way to consider going.

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Agree with above, check out options, see what you can do with insulation.

 

I understand that for houses like your where straightforward insulation isn’t an option, that the Scottish Government’s Green Homes Cashback scheme has recently been extended to help. In cases that qualifies, 75% grant giving up to £6000 cashback could be available. The older Green Deal options are still available - up to £500 is available for a boiler, up to £400 is available for (more straightforward) insulation measures, and up to £300 is available for “other measures†are still available. Be careful you go through all the right hoops, get someone who knows to advise.

 

Main points as I understand it; starting point is a Green Deal Advice Report by an approved assessor; the work you want to do has to be one of the recommendations in that report; and the work needs to be done by an approved installer. Approved installers for the internal/external insulation may be thin on the ground. But get advice.

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Our Dad built a house within the walls of the cottage we had in town. Lining the innerwalls with reflective material and insulation on batons made a huge difference. The key was to maintain an airflow around the innerside of the external stone walls. These in places were 60 cm thick.

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