The insulating of the house has been a great success with a noticeable difference in the temperature in the house during this winter. However every time I was in the shower with the exhaust fan on I couldn’t help thinking that all a fan is, is a big hole (approx 30cm) in the ceiling down [...]
Filed under: 1.9 Insulation, 2.4 Toilet & Bathroom | Tagged: cellulose insulation, Draft Stoppa, exhaust fan draft stopping, Insulation | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been meaning to update this for a little while. This illustrates how bloody easy it is to upgrade a house to nearly five stars. It also highlights how the building industry only has to pay lip service to insulation and draughtproofing.
Now here in Tasmania new houses only have to have a four star energy [...]
Filed under: 1.6 Environmental home assessment, 1.9 Insulation | Tagged: door draughts, energy assessment, energy stars, window draughts | Leave a Comment »
Well on Monday Kev from ESNI insulation arrived with a truck full of cellulose insulation and an offsider. (Kev Bauer 0414 322 331)
On the Sunday afternoon I removed the weatherboards from below the windows and from just below the eaves. I had removed them and denailed them a few weeks before and put them back [...]
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Autumn is upon us. Here in Northern Tasmania it is possibly the best season. The golden light reflects off the Western Tiers and the leaves are suffused with golden hues. The tang of the first fires being lit is in the air.
Our friend John has arrived from the Blue Mountains in NSW to stay for [...]
Filed under: 1.8 windows and curtains, 1.9 Insulation | Tagged: door draughts, Raven seals, window draughts | Leave a Comment »
In the middle of January 09 as our thoughts turned to renovating the next bedroom we had a minor revelation!
The original thinking of removing the plaster and lath walls to insulate and then replace with plasterboard was time consuming, expensive and a job that I certainly did not enjoy. It was time to revisit the [...]
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As the Tassie winter nights continue and we spend the evenings huddled up in front of the wood heater it has become apparent how cold this house is and how desperate for insulation it is. Lets see the positives right now:
It has some fibreglass batts in the ceiling but not very well fitting
Wood heater in [...]
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