Advice - save 25% on heating bills??!

[mikesaunders1]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone have come across an energy saving company called "Thermilate"
www.thermilate.com

They claim they can save me 25% on my heating bill by using any of their wide range of products. I am particularly interested in the paint and additive.

I have read through all their statements from what I understand they use NASA based technology to reflect heat, which has ceramic micro spheres with a vacuum inside stoping air from traveling.

I live in a north facing house, so no matter what type of insulation I have tried they all seemed to only delay the heat from going out, but this Thermilate sounds promising by actually stoping heat-loss.

Anyone here come across this product?

 

[brianroberts]

Mike I know your question was a long time ago but did you find out from anyone if the heat reflecting paint actually works?

 

[Inky Pete]

Everyone probably ignored him because that is one of the most blatant and obvious attempts at joining a forum solely to advertise a firm he has a connection with that you're likely to see!

The fact that he hasn't commented on anything else in the forum in the 4 1/2 years since would seem to bear that out.

 

[big-all]

i would expect a typical saving would be in the region off perhaps 2% max
but that is only 2% off the heat loss from that area so if the heat loss is say 40% from the all the walls treating all the walls will only save you 2% off 40%
so if we assume your house looses £10 a day in heat loss then £4 will be the 40% from the walls
you then take 2% from the total wall losses that are £4 so £4 is 100% off the wall losses so2% is2p in the pound or 8p so 0.08% so there claim off around 25% turns into 10th off one pecent or 1000th off the total

 

[brianroberts]

Thanks for the feedback Inky Pete and big-all. Big-all with respect to you saying you would expect a 2% saving, is this based on anything scientific/objective? It seems to me that it would be easy to test these products under lab conditions; as insullation is a big thing these days I am puzzled why no-one has not checked out heat reflecting paint. If they have and it doesn't work (or least the effect is too small) why can't I seem to find any formal reviews on the stuff?

 

[big-all]

the only way a paint could stop 25% off heat loss is if it could fill a hole and stop a bad draught

you will notice all the claim" up to"

 

[rarara]

have lived in flat where main bedroom had a wall that was cold to touch in winter and did consider if this type of product may help. has anyone tried at all? i suspect the results would be duff tho..