External wall insulation · Wales
External wall insulation in Monmouthshire
Solid-wall and non-traditional homes in Monmouthshire are often the coldest and dampest in a landlord's stock. External wall insulation is usually the right answer.
We take on external wall insulation in Monmouthshire for housing associations (which own most social homes here) and supported housing providers, managing every trade ourselves and working to the timescales in your order. Most social homes in Monmouthshire belong to housing associations after the council transferred its stock.
Monmouthshire at a glance
- Council
- Monmouthshire County Council
- Nation
- Wales
- Council homes
- Transferred to housing associations
- Housing standard
- WHQS 2023 (Wales)
- Damp and mould timescales
- No timescale law found
- Population
- 95,164 (2020 estimate)
- Regional price factor
- 0.93 (VOA 2026)
Council housing status from published stock transfer histories (11 transfer and 11 stock-retaining councils), not yet checked against StatsWales tables. Population: ONS 2020 mid-year estimate.
Who owns the social homes in Monmouthshire?
Most social homes in Monmouthshire are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Eleven of Wales's 22 councils took this route. Monmouthshire County Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
What do we cover in Monmouthshire?
- Survey of walls, services and details before design
- Moving services, downpipes, meters and fittings
- Insulation boards, mesh, base coat and render or brick-slip finishes
- Scaffold, protection and resident liaison
- Handover with system guarantee documents

How do we deliver it?
We photograph every stage, including fixings and mesh laps that will be hidden, because funders and system holders ask for it.
Which rules apply in Monmouthshire?
WHQS 2023 asks Welsh social landlords to set a Target Energy Pathway for their homes by 31 March 2027, informed by a whole stock assessment.
WHQS 2023 (Wales) · More about external wall insulation
What does external wall insulation cost in Monmouthshire?
Our guide range for external wall insulation in Monmouthshire is £9,300–£17,200 per house. That is the UK range of £10,000–£18,500 (published figure) adjusted by a regional cost factor of 0.93 (VOA Rating Cost Guide 2026: 0.88–0.98); figures are before VAT where the source states it. Every job is priced after survey; specification, access and the condition of the homes will move the figure.
Questions about external wall insulation in Monmouthshire
Does Monmouthshire County Council still own council homes?
Most social homes in Monmouthshire are owned by housing associations, following the transfer of the council's homes to housing association ownership. Eleven of Wales's 22 councils took this route. Monmouthshire County Council remains the strategic housing authority, with duties on homelessness and housing need.
Do you also work near Monmouthshire?
Yes. We take on external wall insulation across Wales, including Torfaen, Newport, Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly, and in every other UK nation.
Can you take on external wall insulation in Monmouthshire as a subcontractor?
Yes. Main contractors working for social landlords in Monmouthshire can engage us as a tier-2 subcontractor for external wall insulation, working under their systems and their client's specification.
Other works we carry out in Monmouthshire
- Brickwork, pointing and render repairs
- Electrical remedial works and rewires
- Estate and external works
- Kitchen replacement programmes
- Bathroom replacement programmes
- Housing disrepair works
- Smoke, heat and CO alarm installation
- Aids and adaptations
- Heating upgrades and heat pumps
- Planned maintenance and Decent Homes works
- Whole-house retrofit
- Fire stopping and compartmentation