I previously posted about CIGA deleting their business from google in order to remove bad reviews. Which occurred coincidentally around the time they were applying for Trustmark accreditation. CIGA now takes a leaf from George Orwell's  Ministry of truth pretending they never existed. They have recently renamed their CWISC google business to now be the main CIGA business. The CWISC( self certification scheme) resides at the same physical address and so easy enough to change. The result is a relatively squeaky clean rating. This is suspicious of rogue trader behaviour. This is what the google page looked like last year - 16 terrible review evaporated.

The most popular post on this blog  details the problems of blocking the cavity with insulation in the presence of impermeable paint/render. Here To recap the events since. Energy Saving Trust had provided me with technical guidance regarding the likely problems :   "It is certainly the case that adding a coat of paint or other material with lower vapour permeability to a wall with relatively high permeability will affect the way moisture can travel through the wall. It is also the case that adding insulation to a wall at any point will also affect the way moisture behaves and travels within the wall. If the wall has been externally painted with a low permeability material, then these guidelines may not be sufficient to minimise risk of unintended consequences, and so we advise that the pre insulation survey takes full account of the situation, and the likely behaviour of moisture in the wall post insulation." EST also stated that it's CIGA's responsibility to