Homeowners should check carefully that companies are reputable before hiring them, says Nationwide.
Sandra Burton , with her daughter Jo, has had to spend thousands of pounds to repair damage caused by 'cowboy' spray foam installersPeople are putting their homes at risk by using rogue companies that offer spray foam insulation, according to one of the UK's largest mortgage providers.
"I thought I was doing the right thing. Cost of living going up, energy prices going up, and I thought 'yes, I'll do it'," she says."My husband is retired and is a very poorly man, he's got Alzheimer's. I've just got my pension so yes, it's been hard," she says.Upstairs in Sandra's loft it looked like "a bomb had gone off" with foam "absolutely everywhere", says her daughter Jo.
Spray foam insulation has been around for years, but Nationwide, the UK's second largest mortgage provider, says it is seeing a big increase in inquiries related to it now. Part of the problem is that at the moment there's no easy way for consumers to tell the difference between reputable firms and rogue operators.
Her buyers' lender pulled their mortgage-in-principle offer after learning about the spray foam in her loft.
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