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DIY Projects: Better Acoustics – Suspended Circle
Acoustic Suspended Circle Being of Italian extraction, when we get together we can get quite boisterous, and we’ve got a lot less soft furnishings in this room than we used to have. So again, lots of reflected sound....
DIY Projects: Better Acoustics – 3D Wall Tiles
Acoustic 3D Wall Tiles Here’s something that we’ve done quite recently to this home. You can see behind me in these red tiles. These are called Quietspace 3D tiles, and we’ve put them up in conjunction with a hanging...
DIY Projects: Big Ass Fan
Big Ass Fan What you see above me is the Haiku Big Ass Fan. Now, this is a pretty big room so we thought we’d need a pretty big fan. We did in the past have just a regular fan, and the quality was not very good, so we...
DIY Projects: Panel LED & Painted Ceiling & Solarventi Outlet
Panel LED, Painted Ceiling & Solarventi Outlet Sometimes things are done for aesthetic reasons and others are done for energy reasons. So above us, we’ve got these LED panels which we use to replace the previous...
DIY Projects: Suspended Drying Rack
Suspended Drying Rack One of the things that are reasonably challenging here in the Macedon Ranges in the wintertime is how to dry your washing. We don’t like to use the dryer, so here’s something that we really love....
DIY Projects: Renshade Roller Blinds
Renshade Roller Blinds The blind that you see behind me is a Renshade chain pull blind. Renshade is this material that you see. It’s reflective on both sides, it’s got little holes in it, and it’s amazing at stopping...
DIY Projects: ecoGlaze Retrofit Double Glazing
Installing ecoGlaze Retrofit Double Glazing One of the things that were paramount in improving the overall thermal performance of this home was to do something with the glazing. Because it’s such a big place, it’s got...
DIY Projects: Stainless Flue Hot Water Heating
Stainless Flue Hot Water Heating In the early days here, one of the first things that we did was we decommissioned the two central gas-fired heating systems. Now, because we live in the countryside, it was LPG. It was...
DIY Projects: Draught Proofing the Living Room
Draught Proofing the Living Room The journey really started with draught-proofing. In the living room, it turned out that there were a lot of draughts. We didn’t really think that it was a draughty place, but when you...
DIY Projects: Entrance Landing
Entrance Landing In the entrance down into our living room, there’s a couple of steps. When we first came here, there were a few little steps with really sharp edges, making it a little tricky to navigate. One of the...
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