Help! Buying a house built in last 20 years , owners had Blown bead insulation from a free scheme injected into cavity should I be concerned? anyone else done this?

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The house was built in 2008.In 2018 there was some free scheme to have cavity topped up and it looks like they had Blown bead installation into the cavity.

From my understanding in 2008 it would likely be rigid insulation which is in the cavity? (or maybe it was beeds in the first place , i have no way to know). So this company would have put these beads between the rigid insulation and the outside wall closing the air gap, is then a full fill cavity as opposed to partial?Would this work be beneficial they have had done? Or a big cause for concern?From my understanding the beads are designed to allow mositure drain. But would there be an issue of bridging water from the outside wall to inside now? Or would it just drain down the beads to the bottom?

I am not 100% sure but I think a lot of cavity walls can have these beads fully fill the cavity on brand new buolds now , but not found much on ones which have been injected into a house built in 2008..

Survey picked up no damp.

Would appreciate the expertise of people on here.

Anyone also had this done and can provide feedback?

Our house was built early 2000’s and had zero insulation which we didn’t realise for a few years. We had cavity wall insulation done free on the government scheme and it’s been absolutely fine, no issues and it has made the house warmer.

Was it the beads you had done?

We had a 1950's house previously and had black mould internally on the outer corner of the house. We had a surveyor round who suggested cavity wall insulation. I was sceptical after hearing horror stories on the news. He replied that if we lived on seafront it would be a problem but as we didn't it would be fine. He suggested polystyrene beads and we had it done. We had absolutely no problems at all. We treated the mould and repainted the interior walls. We had no further issues with mould and the house was warmer. We lived there for quite a few years after and would definitely recommend the polystyrene beads.

My guess would be that if the outside of the house is in good repair with no route for water ingress and is not subjected to driving rain, then it's unlikely to cause damp bridging. However, I would ask the surveyor this question specifically. The fact that there is no damp currently is reassuring.

Most houses with insulation have a closed cavity anyway. I wouldn’t worry about it.

Have you had a proper full structural survey done in which you specifically asked them about this? If not you need to do so.