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My wooden floors are so COLD. How can I stop cold air coming through my floor?
Wave goodbye to Cold floors. How to stop cold air coming through your floor.STOP COLD FLOORS: Underfloor Insulation Fill gaps and cracks Floor rugs and electric floor rugs Many places in Australia endure long, cold and wet winters. We...
How to Thermally Retrofit My Home
We have just thermally retrofitted our home. The 6 easy and inexpensive tasks to do-it-yourself. Cold, Windy, Wet Weather It’s been a cold, windy and wet winter. We could not get warm inside our home despite our heating working at full speed. We live in an...
Draught Proofing – Control Your Ventilation
Your home could be losing more than 25% of winter heat and summer cooling through air leakage (draughts) In addition to insulating your ceilings, floors and walls, you may have already installed draught proofing or addressed air leakage. But, if you haven’t then...
Open fireplaces – the good, the bad and the ugly
Your open fireplace may not be as efficient as you think. Open wood heating fireplaces have been around for centuries and were traditionally used for heating and cooking. There were no alternatives. Many homes, both new and old, have open wood burning fireplaces...
Open Fireplaces – Chimney Surprises
The “Uninvited” that your Chimney brings into your home Apart from Santa Claus coming down the Chimney, are you aware or have you ever wondered what impact your Chimney has on your home? It’s interesting to reflect upon this. Firstly, it’s what leaves your home...
Energy Prices a Hot Topic
Smart Solutions for Gas and Electricity Price Rises Like us, you have probably heard a lot in the media in recent weeks about the increases in energy prices. Energy prices are a major contributor to our cost of living, which has increased dramatically. Find a...
Antarctica Blobs Due to Effect Southeast Australia
Winter weather for Australia 2022 MKweather, Weather News from the World, have given an indication of what to expect this winter in Australia. Whilst temperatures will fluctuate the World Weather are predicting Antarctica blobs will have a strong influence on...
Stairway To Heaven Or Stairway To Big Energy Costs?
Insider secrets # 23When looking at two-story homes, one of the ways to optimize comfort, especially when heating or cooling a home, is to zone the first floor from the ground floor. Zoning is usually done at the staircase. Looking at a typical two-story home layout,...
What You Need To Know About Multi-storey Homes That Can Save You $$$
Insider secrets # 22Today we’re going to talk about multi-level homes and in particular, the kind of airflow that happens in staircases. Demonstrated in another Insider Secret,“Stairway to Heaven or Stairway to Big Energy Costs” we showed the direction of smoke rising...
Design For Energy Efficiency From The Get-go And Save $1000s
Insider secrets # 21Having retrofitted thousands of homes, I have come to the conclusion that most two-storey homes are constructed upside down. In a typical two-storey home, the bedrooms are upstairs and the living areas are downstairs. In winter, when you put on the...
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