Cavity Wall Cleaning
Cavity walls are essential to modern home construction and are designed to provide insulation and moisture protection. However, accumulating debris within these cavities can lead to severe problems such as dampness and structural damage.
At Evolve HES, we specialise in cavity wall cleaning, ensuring your home remains safe, dry, and energy efficient. Here, we’ll explore what cavity wall cleaning involves, its benefits, and why it’s a crucial service for homeowners.
Getting cavity wall extraction or cleaning
Get in touch with us and we’ll chat ask a few questions and then arrange a FREE home visit for a Home Surveyor to come and inspect your cavities using a boroscope and camera.
The extraction and cleaning process will be carried out by a fully trained, experienced team.
We aim to get back to you by the next working day
What is cavity wall cleaning & extraction?
Cavity wall cleaning involves the removal of debris, rubble, and other blockages from the cavity spaces between the outer and inner walls of a property. This process is critical to maintaining the integrity and functionality of your cavity walls. Over time, debris can accumulate within these cavities due to construction activities, deterioration of materials, or poor initial construction practices. Learn more about the key steps in cavity wall cleaning:
1. Inspection:
- A thorough inspection using a borescope to assess the state of the cavity walls.
- Identification of blockages, debris, and potential sources of moisture penetration.
2. Debris Removal:
- Use of specialised equipment to extract debris without damaging the cavity walls.
- Ensuring all materials, including old insulation, rubble, and other obstructions, are removed.
3. Cleaning
- Comprehensive cleaning of the cavity to eliminate residual dust and particles.
- Enhancing the cavity’s ability to insulate and protect against moisture.
4. Re-Inspection
- Follow-up inspection to ensure the cavity is fully cleared and no issues remain.
- Providing homeowners with a detailed report of the findings and work completed.
Why is cavity wall cleaning beneficial?
Cavity wall cleaning is an essential maintenance task that can significantly enhance the efficiency of your home insulation. Removing debris and accumulated dirt from the cavity wall space ensures that the insulation performs optimally, keeping your home warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer. Explore the many benefits of cavity wall cleaning:
Prevents Damp Issues
- Debris in cavity walls can act as a bridge for moisture, allowing it to penetrate your home’s interior walls.
- Dampness can lead to mould growth, which poses health risks and can damage wall finishes and furnishings.
Maintains Property Value
- Clean cavity walls contribute to the overall health of your property.
- Preventing damp and structural issues helps maintain and even increase your home’s value.
Improves Occupant Well-being
- A dry home is a healthy home. Eliminating damping issues can improve indoor air quality and reduce respiratory problems.
- Ensuring your home is free from mould and moisture creates a more comfortable living environment.
Enhances Insulation Efficiency
- Clear cavities optimise the effectiveness of any existing or new insulation.
- This can lead to lower energy bills and a more sustainable home by reducing the energy required for heating and cooling.
Reasons why cavities become blocked
Our team can successfully clear all cavities, from top to bottom, of debris, using specialist equipment to blow compressed air into the cavity, forcing any present materials out into an industrial vacuum which collects the waste.
We can then either leave you with clean, clear cavities or fill them with our state-of-art bonded-bead cavity wall insulation. Either way, your cavities must not have debris in them.
We’re open between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday. Or drop us a message and we’ll get back to you ASAP.
Cavity Wall Extraction & Cleaning FAQs
Cavity wall extraction is the process of safely removing failed, damaged or defective cavity wall insulation using a specialist air compressor and industrial vacuum.
Cavity wall cleaning is the process of safely removing blockages such as rubble, animal activity, rubbish and other debris using a specialist air compressor and industrial vacuum.
To ensure the good condition of your home is maintained, to prevent damage and to enable the cavity walls to be properly insulated once they are clear.
Typically, a day or two, but it really depends on the size of the property and the scale of the issue inside the cavity.
We need good access to your external walls so plant pots and other obstructions will need to be moved. Our surveyor will explain this in more detail during the home visit once they can see your property and the surrounding space.
In some cases, yes it is possible for us to access funding which means it is free to you (or partially funded) but it depends on your circumstances and the funding available at the time. Often you would also need to be having your cavity wall insulated by us afterwards. Get in touch and we’ll be more than happy to discuss with you.
