Brian McIntyre
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Yeah, we have the new windows and doors grant that they can avail.
So it's up to 4,000 euros for new windows and up to 1,600 euros for new doors.
So 800 euros per door.
So it's not means tested.
They can just apply for it.
There are certain conditions if the
If they're looking at windows, I would also look at the walls and roof insulation.
You lose about two thirds of your heater, it goes out through your roof and your walls.
So look at those first.
And I would upgrade those.
But yeah, we have a grant for windows and doors as well.
I'd always say to people to do the attic first because a lot of people, there's about probably several hundred thousand homes in the country that are insulated, but just not to a particularly good degree.
So it's always worth doing because heat rises and you lose about a third of your heat out through the roof.
Yep, we have a number there on the website, but seai.ie and there's a lot of detail there in the grants.
I...
Considering that the accessible area of the attic is well insulated, that there is some insulation in the inaccessible areas and that they're getting the walls insulated, that I think there are probably a pretty good chance that they will meet the criteria to get a heat pump, that the heat loss thresholds will be reduced and they will fall in the eligibility for a heat pump.
Heat pumps will work in any house.
We have a criteria there that the heat loss shouldn't be above a certain level because it can make it more difficult.
But as we get more and more information and detail on heat pumps and actual performance of heat pumps, we see that they do work in houses with higher level heat loss.
The issue there with accessibility, that's not so much...