by Lyn Beinat | 6 Feb, 2020 | Draught Stopper, ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency
Draft Stoppa We’re currently in the roof, looking over the cathedral ceiling. And what we can see here is the original fibreglass bats laid on black plastic over the cathedral ceiling, and then on top, we’ve actually fitted R2.5 Underfloor Insulation Rolls that were...
by Lyn Beinat | 1 Nov, 2019 | Draught Stopper, ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Efficiency
Ensuite/Bathroom Improvements There is a longish story of evolution in our ensuite (bathroom). There’s a little bit of an echo in here because there is no external opening to this room. You can see behind me that we can see straight out the back, but that’s because...
by Lyn Beinat | 1 Nov, 2019 | Draught Stopper, ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Efficiency, Utility Bills
Draught Proofed Cavity Sliding Door As is usually the case with master bedrooms, there’s often a walk-in robe. In this case, we’ve got a cavity sliding door that slides into an external wall, so almost always causes a draught issue. In this case, we fitted the Draught...
by Lyn Beinat | 1 Nov, 2019 | Draught Stopper, ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Windows
Improved Air Circulation I’m standing at the east end of the home. One of the things that we did was to improve the cross-flow ventilation (air circulation) of the home. There used to be a regular awning window, which is really poor for ventilation purposes. We took...
by Lyn Beinat | 31 Oct, 2019 | Draught Stopper, ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Efficiency, Utility Bills
Sealing Up Heating Outlets About a year after we stopped using the central heating system, we decided to have a go at blocking up the outlets.What you see here, is a typical ceiling outlet of a heating system. You might see a silvery part inside, or if I open...
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