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Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Heat Loss Survey Nottingham

Room-by-room measurements, fabric entries and site evidence for installer teams working across Nottingham and the surrounding NG postcodes.

Recent NG8 survey · reports from £150 · measured and desktop routes · full UK coverage.

Send the full postcode with any drawings, EPC or construction records already available. We will confirm the survey route, travel allowance and price before holding a date.

Heat loss survey Nottingham: local homes and building types

Nottingham changes quickly from Victorian terraces around the inner city to interwar estates, post-war housing and newer development toward the outer districts. Sneinton, The Meadows, Sherwood, Mapperley, Wollaton, Bilborough, Beeston and West Bridgford do not share one standard wall or roof build-up, so the property record matters more than the postcode label.

Older streets

The inner neighbourhoods carry distinct fabric

Nottingham City Council describes Old Meadows as a district of red-brick terraces shaped by nineteenth and early twentieth-century development. Sherwood Rise contains larger late Victorian and Edwardian homes with bay windows, slate roofs and long plots.

Those descriptions help explain the local mix, but wall thickness, later linings, extensions and insulation still need to be checked at the address.

Housing mix

Not every job arrives with the same records

Council evidence prepared for the city's selective licensing scheme estimated the tenure split at 43% owner occupied, 33% privately rented and 25% socially rented. Tenure is not a calculation input, but it often changes what drawings, insulation records and alteration history are available before the visit.

Later stock

The city is not only terraces and period homes

The NG8 semi-detached house featured below dates from 1930-1949, but its walls were recorded as system-built concrete panels rather than brick cavity construction. That difference cannot be established from the street name or age band alone; it needs property evidence.

Front elevation of a 1930s semi-detached home surveyed by Vertex in Nottingham
Exterior of a 1930s semi-detached home surveyed by Vertex in Nottingham.

A 1930s semi with system-built concrete-panel walls

This two-storey NG8 home dates from 1930-1949. The site record covered nine rooms, eleven windows and six radiator entries, supported by four floor plans.

The wall construction was recorded as system build rather than conventional solid brick or a brick cavity wall. The accessible loft had 200 mm insulation across the full area, with no boarding recorded.

Period
1930-1949
Type
Semi-detached
Surveyed
9 rooms
Wall type
System build
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The age band did not define the wall construction

A 1930s date alone would not identify this system-built semi. The room record keeps the concrete-panel wall entry, 200 mm loft insulation, openings and emitters available for the designer to check.

Room record

Four plans tie nine rooms together

  • Nine rooms and eleven windows assigned to their floor and elevation
  • Six radiator entries kept with the relevant rooms
  • Dimensions, glazing and orientation retained by room
Fabric

System-built walls are stated plainly

The house was entered as 1930-1949 system build, with concrete-panel construction recorded in the survey evidence. That wall entry is shown for review instead of being replaced by a generic age-based assumption.

Roof space

Loft depth and coverage stay separate

  • Insulation recorded at 200 mm
  • Coverage recorded across the full accessible area
  • No loft boarding entered in the survey
  • Wall and roof evidence remain separate inputs

Survey coverage and travel across the district

The practical booking area crosses Nottingham City, Broxtowe, Gedling and Rushcliffe boundaries. The full postcode sets the route because an NG1 appointment, an NG8 address and a job beyond the ring road are not the same drive.

Main approaches

The ring road and river crossings shape the diary

The A52, A60, A610 and A453 carry traffic toward the city from the M1 and surrounding districts, while the A6514 ring road links the western and northern approaches. Trent crossings and city roadworks can change the final part of the drive, so the arrival window is set from the job address.

Postcode routes

City and fringe jobs are grouped by direction

NG1-NG3 cover the centre and inner south-east; NG4-NG6 reach Carlton, Mapperley, Arnold, Sherwood, Basford and Bulwell; NG7-NG9 extend through Lenton, Wollaton, Bilborough, Beeston and Stapleford. West Bridgford, Clifton and other south-side calls are planned around the river crossings.

Installer market

A wide regional installer catchment

When checked on 16 July 2026, a directory using MCS data listed 110 certified air-source heat-pump installers within 30 miles of Nottingham, including 92 shown as Boiler Upgrade Scheme registered. That is a regional search radius, not 110 businesses based in the city.

Questions before booking

Included

What is included in the local heat loss survey?

The Nottingham report records each room, exposed surface, opening, fabric entry, ventilation route and emitter. Altered terraces, converted buildings and modern extensions are separated where their construction differs.

Desktop route

Can the calculation be completed from drawings?

Yes, when plans cover every heated space and the construction information is dependable. A visit is usually the better route when cavity insulation, loft coverage, alterations or room dimensions cannot be established from the documents.

Area

Which Nottingham areas does Vertex cover?

Coverage includes Nottingham, West Bridgford, Beeston, Arnold, Carlton, Mapperley, Bulwell, Clifton and surrounding NG postcodes. Vertex also supports installer projects throughout the UK.

Pricing and booking

For a Nottingham address, price is confirmed from the full postcode, the heated floor plan and whether the construction record is complete enough for a desktop calculation.

Heat loss only From £150

For an agreed drawing set with dependable fabric information, or a measured visit where the available records leave gaps.

ASHP survey + heat loss From £350

For installer teams booking the room calculation, site evidence and outdoor-unit assessment as one scope.