WARMER homes are on the horizon for people in the Grangefield area of Stockton.
Assessors from the Transco-sponsored Stockton Warm Zone project started work in the town's Grangefield ward this month in the latest stage of their bid to lift 13,000 homes in the borough out of fuel poverty.
Warm Zone workers offer free energy-efficiency measures like loft lagging and wall cavity insulation to householders whose fuel bills take up more than ten per cent of their income.
Lorraine Dobson, Warm Zone manager, said people should not confuse their workers with representatives from other companies offering insulation at reduced rates.
She said: "Stockton Warm Zone workers never ask householders for money. All our work is completely free, we never canvas by telephone and our representatives are easily recognisable by their distinctive red tunics or ties."
Grangefield, which includes Oxbridge, is one of the last wards in the Stockton Borough Council area to receive Warm Zone treatment.
Assessors will move into Fairfield on December 1 and Wolviston on January 1.
Stockton Warm Zone is a Government pilot project to tackle fuel poverty and is run by Stockton Borough Council in conjunction with Transco and British Gas.
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