Wicklow Town Ber Rating

As www.Berratings.com is located in Rathdrum Wicklow, we will be able to provide the most competitive price for a Wicklow town BER and local areas.

The house getting the BER survey was constructed in the 1970s and the wall construction is solid concrete. This information can be obtained from the homeowner or by observation, generally, when we open the electrical meter box the wall construction and house year are printed on the electrical meter. This Wicklow town BER rating year of construction was printed on the ESB meter.

As the typical wall construction in Wicklow town in this era was mass concrete we can safely say that this is the method of construction for the BER assessment for the Wicklow town BER cert.

We then do a detailed survey of each room detailing the size and height of each room, also measuring the size of the windows and trying to find a year of window installation for the BER cert calculation of the U-values. All Led light bulbs are counted and a percentage of Led light bulbs are inputted into DEAP for the BER cert.

All radiators are checked for TRVs, this is to assess the controllability of the heating system is by the homeowner.

 This house had 100% TRVs throughout and 47% Low energy lightbulbs.

The windows were single glazed but the frames had 0% draught stripping in the openings. The U-value efficiency of the Wicklow town ber rating is lower than average but these are easy fixes.

We look at the boiler and assess the fuel it uses. We check the boiler’s name and model number to check how efficient it is at heating the house for the Wicklow BER.

This house had a gas boiler that was only 83.5% efficient gas boiler.Next on the BER, we check how controllable the heating system is e.g. look at the controls for turning on and off the heating, can we heat the water at a specific time.

The house has a control that only allows heating the house at a specific time all at once, it doesn’t allow for zone or hot water timed control.

We now go to the attic and check what insulation depth is in the attic, the house has 100mm of quilt insulation.

There is also an open fire in the living room that burns coal, but as Wicklow town is a smokeless fuel zone, we have to use smokeless fuel in our assessment.

The Wicklow town BER results were then inputted into DEAP software and the program calculates the BER rating.

The house achieved a rating of D3 but with some simple upgrades, the house can be improved to a  C1 very easily.

1. Install External insulation (this is expensive), grants available.
2. Low energy lights were installed throughout the house
3. Install new double-glazed windows(expensive)
4. If installing double glazing is too expensive, draught stripping is a simpler improvement.
5. Install a 90% efficient boiler
6. Install a heating controller timer
7. Increase attic insulation to 300mm

All these suggestions will increase the Wicklow Townhouse BER chances of a better sale or renting possibilities.

Ever house BER is different, please call for a price for a BER in Wicklow town or surrounding areas.