We’re getting into Christmas spirit early… Because we're almost fully booked with our installations right up until Christmas. The good news is, even though we’re booking up fast, we still have limited spaces for a pre-Christmas installation, but you’ll have to be quick and get in touch with one of our team for a
High-performance insulation is not only for the long cold Canberra winters. Traditionally people associate ceiling, wall and floor insulation with making their existing home more comfortable during the long freezing cold winter months, whilst this is obviously true, getting your house insulated also ensures comfort over the hot summer months. Every year we see
Guarantee Gap Free Insulation by Safely Insulating Over Your Lights. Part of any insulation installation is having a safe plan for recessed downlights, which means we need to either have a downlight that is IC rated (IC stands for insulation contact) or a downlight cover that is IC rated fitted to the existing light
Make your toast and coffee at the same time... When the size of the fuses protecting the existing circuits are reduced, the chance of the circuit tripping when overloaded is increased. We call this nuisance tripping. While not usually a problem for light circuits or power circuits in areas of the home such as
Making cables safe to surround with insulation. The maximum amount of power allowed through a circuit according to Australian Electrical Standards is dictated by the following three things: Cable Gauge - The size of the cable. Thicker cables can safely handle more power and heat. Cable Temperature Rating - This is usually directly correlated
Here's some additional benefits of Spray Foam... No More Draughts Heat rises, so why worry about insulating the floor? Yes it is true, heat rises, and will move to the top of your house, however the convection will continue to bring the cold air from outside up through the floorboards and continue to cool
Why spray foam insulation instead of installing batts under your floorboards? There is nothing worse than the curse of draughty floorboards. Not wanting to get out of bed when those first cold wintery mornings start to arrive. The good thing is that it can all be fixed with our high-performance spray foam insulation. So
Installation Method Overview Plugging - When we undertake a wall insulation installation the very first step is to plug the wall cavity if the house is built on a suspended timber floor. This prevents the Supafil wall insulation from falling out the bottom of the cavity. This obviously is not required in houses that
Ecose binder vs formaldehyde Earthwool® products made using ECOSE® Technology benefit from a binder which has no added formaldehyde and is based on renewable bio-based materials instead of traditional petrol-based chemicals. The ECOSE® Technology binder is less energy intensive than the formaldehyde binders used in traditional glasswool insulation. As there is no formaldehyde or
The Better Way to Insulate Your Roof When it comes to choosing home insulation the rule of thumb has always been to choose the highest ‘R-value’ that you can afford. R6 batts cost more than R4 and provide better insulation. In the long run however, the energy savings will far out way the initial
Kompli System R Value Calculator According to the National Construction Code, minimum system R values for a typical Canberra brick veneer home with suspended timber floors are as follows: Ceilings R5.1, Walls R2.8, Floors R2.75. The calculations for evaluating system R values taking into account the national construction code thermal bridging rules manually can
Getting the right amount of insulation. There's a big difference between a system and a product R value. A product R value is a measure of the thermal resistance of the product itself whereas the system (or total) R value is a calculation of the performance of the entire system when the product is
Send Your Kid to Work Instead of School Local insulation retrofit experts, Alexander Watson Insulation, are hiring school aged insulation installers as an alternative to having them kept at home with their parents whilst schools are closed. Company founder Jeremy Watson stated that young children make fantastic installers as "they can fit into the tight
COVID-19 Safety Information Download our COVID-19 Safety Information Sheet 2020 is definitely shaping up to be a year where many of us will be spending much more time at home than usual. Whilst the outcome of the pandemic is uncertain, one thing we can guarantee is that this Canberra Winter will be another cold one!
Whilst we don't know when overseas travel will resume, one thing is for sure, Canberra gets cold around ANZAC day and we supposedly can't turn our heaters on until then. “You can’t turn on the heater until ANZAC Day”. Whilst the rule is well known, its origin appears to remain a mystery. So
