hi all,
first time posters, but found this forum by searching 'Miller Pattison cold calling'!
I've just had a very similar experience to a lot of the previous posts; a cold call with a 'surveyor' who had a look in my loft, saw there were mainly boards but plenty of excess insulation material at the edges, albeit under a fair few boxes.
However they informed me that there is a legal requirement for insulation to be 11" thick, and that I would still need further insulation. I found this rather unlikely, but she was insistent, as was her supervisor who was cavassing the houses opposite.
Having got as far as filling out the form, and asking me a series of questions they then phoned through to their office to arrange booking. It was at this stage I explained I didn't want to sign anything, but was very strongly pressured to say they could not accept me keeping the form and signing later after I'd been able to check everything out.
I felt extremely pressured, and made very uncomfortable, but did eventually get them to leave without signing anything. Now I've done some searching I'm very glad I did.
Does anyone know of ANY legally binding requirment for loft insulation? I've been searching for a while now but no success, other than recommendations of the 280mm (~11") they mentioned.... this all seems very suspicious to me!
Thanks everyone for the comments and advice.