The Irish Home Retrofit Playbook

The Irish Home Retrofit Playbook

Plan a warmer home with a clearer view of the work, costs and paperwork.

Insulation, windows, heat pumps, solar panels: every upgrade comes with a sales pitch. The harder question is what your home needs, in what order, and how you will fund it.

The Irish Home Retrofit Playbook helps you organise those decisions before signing a substantial quote.

Inside, you’ll explore:

• How to use your BER and understand the main retrofit routes.
• Insulation, ventilation, airtightness and heating as parts of one system.
• The questions to ask about heat pumps, solar PV and battery storage.
• SEAI grant routes, funding considerations and application sequencing.
• Contractor checks, quote comparisons, stage payments and handover.

A three-quote comparison worksheet, contractor questions, email templates and a phased action plan help you keep control of the project.

For homeowners in Ireland considering individual upgrades or a larger retrofit.

General planning information; property suitability, technical design and grant eligibility require appropriate checks.