by Lyn Beinat | 11 Nov, 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 | 11 Nov, 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 | 11 Nov, 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...
by Lyn Beinat | 7 Nov, 2019 | ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Roof Insulation, Thermal Efficiency, Utility Bills
Testing Ceiling Insulation Before upgrading the ceiling insulation, we had to decide how much to upgrade it and what to upgrade it with. Without knowing very much about insulation products, we decided to build a controlled heat chamber and we hired a cool room. We...
by Lyn Beinat | 7 Nov, 2019 | ecoMaster Home, Roof Insulation, Underfloor Insulation
Insulating the Top and Bottom Parts of the House One of the things that we did really early on was to improve the ceiling insulation. Some years later, we did underfloor insulation as well. So basically did improvements on the top and bottom of our home. Now, before...
by Lyn Beinat | 24 Jun, 2019 | Double Glazing, Draught Stopper, Energy Efficiency, Insulation, Roof Insulation, Secondary Glazing, Underfloor Insulation, Windows
Old houses and energy efficency Heritage homes may be stunning and highly valuable in the housing market, but they offer a different dilemma to their owners: Renovating them is hard work and they can be expensive to run and maintain. Among the most difficult...
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