by Lyn Beinat | Feb 6, 2020 | ecoMaster Home
Smoke Alarm and Insulated Hot Water Pipes Firstly, we decided to put a smoke alarm up here because if there’s a fire that happens to get started in the roof, this is likely to warn us a long time before a smoke alarm in the house would do. The other thing is the hot...
by Lyn Beinat | Feb 6, 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 | Nov 11, 2019 | ecoMaster Home, Underfloor Insulation
Underfloor Reflective Insulation Because this house is a slab on stumps, it gave us the opportunity to insulate under the concrete slab. It’s a great thermal mass but not a very good insulator. So normally under a floor, you would use the polyester rolls between the...
by Lyn Beinat | Nov 11, 2019 | ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Roof Insulation, Thermal Efficiency
Insulating the Cathedral Ceiling 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...
by Lyn Beinat | Nov 11, 2019 | ecoMaster Home, Roof Insulation, Thermal Efficiency, Utility Bills
Smoke Alarm and Insulated Hot Water Pipes Firstly, we decided to put a smoke alarm up here because if there’s a fire that happens to get started in the roof, this is likely to warn us a long time before a smoke alarm in the house would do. The other thing is the hot...
by Lyn Beinat | Nov 11, 2019 | ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Roof Insulation, Thermal Efficiency
Insulating the Manhole in the Attic We are just about to go up in the roof to have a look at things up there. But before we do, I’d just like to point out that in our case, we’ve got attic stairs, but nonetheless it’s a manhole. And in your home, you might have a more...
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