Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: Colourbond Roof - Anticon insulation 14Oct 20, 2015 8:02 pm Owner Building at Jimboomba Woods in Logan City Qld. Blog : http://bandlnewhomebuild.blogspot.com H1 thread : viewtopic.php?f=38&t=68283 . Re: Colourbond Roof - Anticon insulation 17Oct 21, 2015 12:53 pm SaberX Re: a tenant, wouldn't one assume they'd care more about running/operational costs than what the exterior of the house looked like (unless horrible) as they're renting the space and utility/operational side inside? Fair call with the switch to dune, I would have thought maybe shale grey would have been closer to the colours i had already. The darker roof colour over the exterior paint I find works/stands out alot better than the houses I've seen with lighter shader roofs versus the colour shades on the painted elevation. Re the tenant: Things that are important to a tenant are location, price, amenities, home layout, inclusions (eg fully appointed kitchen, outdoor entertaining area, alarm, aircon etc), low maintenance yard. Tenants could care less about whether their yearly powerbill is 100 dollars more or even 300 dollars more. Tenants can always look at saving money on utilities by shopping around. Even as electricity cost rises, its getting to a point were self regulation of the industry is currently being questioned. These prices will likely plateux before a tenant starts worrying about the thermal efficiency of a home they are moving into. They're already getting a better product moving into a new home rather than a 50's fibro shack, or even an 80's brick veneer. Stop thinking about the tenant, and start thinking about your return on investment. Depending on rental vacancies in your location, its not even going to be a selling point. To give you some perspective, I was a long term tenant of a large townhouse in a great area. I stayed there for 9 years because the price didnt go up in the same vicinity as our neighbors. The rest of the house could have done with heaps of work, but price to value ratio was excellent. Moving from there would have cost 700 in moving costs, time off work, saving another bond and first months rent etc. Creator of superduperonium, expert at expert things, nobel laureate, can hold my breath for 10 minutes. Re: Colourbond Roof - Anticon insulation 18Oct 21, 2015 12:54 pm I wouldn't stress too much about it. With your ceiling insulation in, the thermal behaviour difference of the dark roof isn't all that much. You can get the roof vents added later with no extra hassle. As far as tenants go, probably none of these considerations would make any real difference. At the moment I doubt there's any resale benefit to a light roof. It may be worth less, as darker colours are more popular. That may change with time, and light may get more popular - or it may not as well. For the moment you're probably better off going with colours that you're comfortable with, rather than rushing out trying to fix something that isn't a problem. Re: Colourbond Roof - Anticon insulation 19Oct 21, 2015 4:24 pm @ponzu: good points. I am focused on my return on investment but it is exactly on that point that i was querying perhaps whether one would achieve a greater return on a darker, nicer lookinf roof (aesthetics) versus a lighter roof and the potential for greenie movements in 15 years time who are alot.more energy and environment conscious. Perhps then they will value a lighter colour roof for the lower electricity costs of keeping things cool versus a darker roof. Perhaps not like you said. Atm i believe most older folks dont contemplate thermal qualities of coloured roofs or if there's anticon under the hood. @onejohn good points.... May i pose one question though: is there any sufficient evidence or fact to the claim that anticon or even bradcons alternative products such as their thermoseal sarking product provide a financial return via preventing moisture damage. Or is that card overplayed and not a huge issue (condensation prevention by adding sarking or roof insulation. Maintenance reduction or severe structural damage prevention from moisture in ceiling)? Would've thought these werent issues as colourbond meant to be sealed tight from outside moisture over traditional tiles? Re: Colourbond Roof - Anticon insulation 20Oct 22, 2015 3:40 pm Does the addition of roof vents after handover also extend to whirlybirds or any other fan forced vents? THey can be easily retrofitted after the build is handed over? Rather than having to get these roof ventilation options added in during construction? I've been pouring over the basalt colour bond roofs vs the shale grey and am still pretty torn on choosing a colour. Somehow I can see why buying existing makes the option so much easier (what you see is what you get!) and you're not fussed trying to get every single thing(colour) right. Cheers. The painted render is a bit chalky to the touch. To prepare the surface for best adhesion, what would you recommend? Also, given that there must be some… 6 8512 Yes i guess this is one of the main reason as i checked one post foundation 4 9997 Hey guys building a new place through a volume builder and just wondering if i should complain to the site supervisor as we just had plasterboard installed. Looks like… 0 11277 |