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DIY Projects: Smoke Alarm and Insulated Hot Water Pipes

DIY Projects: Smoke Alarm and Insulated Hot Water Pipes

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...
DIY Projects: Draft Stoppa

DIY Projects: Draft Stoppa

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...
DIY Projects: Underfloor Reflective Insulation

DIY Projects: Underfloor Reflective Insulation

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...
DIY Projects: Insulating the Cathedral Ceiling

DIY Projects: Insulating the Cathedral Ceiling

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...
DIY Projects: Smoke Alarm and Insulated Hot Water Pipes

DIY Projects: Smoke Alarm and Insulated Hot Water Pipes

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...
DIY Projects: Insulating the Manhole in your Attic

DIY Projects: Insulating the Manhole in your Attic

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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