by Lyn Beinat | 11 Nov, 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 | 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 | 29 Oct, 2019 | Draught Stopper, ecoMaster Home, Energy Efficiency, Thermal Efficiency
Lighting Upgrade in the Kitchen One of the things that we did really early on was dealing with the lighting. We had about 40 of these halogens downlights fitted in a gimbaled fitting (that is they had the ability to tilt). But they were all 100% flat on the ceiling,...
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