County Wexford · SEAI attic grant

Attic insulation in Wexford

The SEAI attic grant is the same in Wexford as everywhere: €2,000 detached, €1,500 semi-D, €1,400 mid-terrace, €1,100 apartment. Of 22,520 BER certificates for Wexford houses built before 2011, 23% show a roof at SEAI's standard, 4th lowest of 26 counties.

Attic, rafter and roof insulation across Wexford, including Wexford, Enniscorthy, Gorey, New Ross, Courtown and Rosslare Harbour. Send 4 answers and it goes to one SEAI-registered insulation contractor who covers your area.

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  • 23%of Wexford's pre-2011 roofs at SEAI's standard
  • €2,000SEAI grant for a detached house
  • €1,500for a semi-D or end of terrace
  • €300 to €600typically left to pay on a semi-D

Wexford's roofs

What's in Wexford's attics now

23%of pre-2011 houses with a roof at 0.16 or better (24% nationally)
7%with no roof insulation recorded (7% nationally)
0.26median roof U-value (0.27 nationally; the standard is 0.16)
72 m²median roof area (63 m² nationally)

Wexford

Ireland

  • 0.16 or better: SEAI's standard
  • 0.17 to 0.30
  • 0.31 to 1.99: some insulation
  • 2.0 or more: none recorded

13% of Wexford's older houses are insulated at the rafters or have a room in the roof, against 11% nationally. Those jobs cost more, and SEAI expects the whole heat-loss roof done. See roof insulation.

22,520 certificates for houses built before 2011, grant BERs left out,. Each shows the house on the day it was rated. Bands and shares are our sums.

By age

Older and newer houses in Wexford

When the house was builtWexford: roof at standardWexford: certificatesIreland: roof at standard
Built before 197812%6,60817%
1978 to 199334%2,83836%
1994 to 201026%13,07426%

Share of certificates with a roof U-value of 0.16 or better, by when the house was built. Across Ireland, houses from 1978 to 1993 are more often at standard than newer ones: many were topped up since.

Roof types

How Wexford's roofs are built

Main roofWexfordIreland
Insulated at ceiling level (attic floor)84%87%
Insulated at the rafters7%6%
Room in the roof6%5%
Flat roof3%2%

Predominant roof type on each certificate. Rafters, rooms in the roof and flat roofs follow the whole-roof rule.

Homes and heating

Homes, heating and weather in Wexford

53,211households in Wexford live in homes built before 2011, the first test for the grant
67%of households heat with oil, 3rd highest of 26
1,844heating degree days a year at Wexford, 20th coldest of the 26 county towns

Census 2022 households by year built and central heating, our sums. Degree days measure how much heating a place needs; ours are worked out from Met Éireann's 1991 to 2020 grid.

Grant and cost

The grant and the cost in Wexford

Home typeSEAI median costStandard grantLeft to pay
Detached house€2,700€2,000€700
Semi-D or end of terrace€2,101€1,500€601
Mid-terrace€2,200€1,400€800
Apartment€1,515€1,100€415

Median cost of grant-funded attic insulation, January to June 2026. Left to pay is the median less the grant: our sum.

SEAI's grants and median costs are national: there's no Wexford rate. A bigger roof than the median (72 m² in Wexford) usually means a higher price.

Compared

Wexford against every county

  1. Dublin16%
  2. Wicklow17%
  3. Leitrim21%
  4. Wexford23%
  5. Kildare23%
  6. Roscommon24%
  7. Donegal24%
  8. Westmeath25%
  9. Meath25%
  10. Cork25%
  11. Mayo26%
  12. Sligo26%
  13. Louth26%
  14. Waterford27%
  15. Kerry27%
  16. Kilkenny27%
  17. Carlow28%
  18. Cavan28%
  19. Limerick28%
  20. Galway29%
  21. Clare29%
  22. Longford31%
  23. Offaly31%
  24. Tipperary31%
  25. Laois32%
  26. Monaghan35%
  27. Ireland24%

Share of pre-2011 houses with a roof at 0.16 or better.

Grant check

Your attic grant and what's left to pay

Two taps: your home, and which rate fits you. The answer is SEAI's fixed grant and its own median cost for the job.

Your home
Which fits you?

Your SEAI attic insulation grant

€1,500

SEAI median cost, Jan to Jun 2026
€2,101
Left to pay at the median
€601

SEAI's fixed grant for a semi-d or end of terrace at the standard rate is €1,500. SEAI's median cost for attic insulation on a semi-d or end of terrace from January to June 2026 was €2,101. €2,101 less €1,500 leaves about €601. Our sum; your quote can be higher or lower.

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How this is worked out

The grant is SEAI's fixed amount for that home type and rate, as Citizens Information lists it. The median cost is SEAI's own figure from grant-funded attic jobs completed between January and June 2026; the PDF doesn't say whether VAT is in. Left to pay is the median less the grant, our sum. The home must have been built and lived in before 2011, the contractor must be on SEAI's register, and SEAI must approve the grant before work starts. It's an estimate, never a quote.

Your grant

Your attic grant and a price, in 4 taps

Tap your home, when it was built, what's in the attic now and who you are. Then leave your number and one SEAI-registered insulation contractor who covers your area rings you to look at the attic and price it in writing.

What type of home is it?

SEAI pays a fixed amount for each type of home.

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FAQ

Wexford questions

How much is the attic insulation grant in Wexford?

The same as everywhere in Ireland: €2,000 detached, €1,500 semi-D, €1,400 mid-terrace, €1,100 apartment, and up to €2,500 at the higher rate.

How many Wexford attics are insulated to standard?

23% of 22,520 BER certificates for Wexford houses built before 2011 show a roof U-value of 0.16 or better; 7% show none.

Do you cover all of Wexford?

Yes. Requests from Wexford, Enniscorthy, Gorey and the rest of Wexford go to one SEAI-registered insulation contractor who covers your area.

What does attic insulation cost in Wexford?

SEAI's national median for January to June 2026 is €2,101 for a semi-D and €2,700 detached; about €601 and €700 after the grant.