Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it? 2Jun 23, 2009 1:36 pm Cheers, Pete viewtopic.php?f=38&t=8824 Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it? 7Aug 17, 2009 4:32 am 2nd-Fix | Blog Building with Desyn Homes previously with the insolvent [url=https://www.facebook.com/7NewsAdelaide/videos/1162546323776021/]Endeavour Homes[/url] Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it? 9Aug 17, 2009 4:22 pm 2nd-Fix | Blog Building with Desyn Homes previously with the insolvent [url=https://www.facebook.com/7NewsAdelaide/videos/1162546323776021/]Endeavour Homes[/url] Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it 14Sep 27, 2012 7:26 pm Settlement: 10.02.13 Slab: 06.03.13 Frame: 08.03.13 Lock-up: 05.04.13 Handover: 03.06.13 Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59555 Brisbane Photography Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it 16Oct 06, 2012 11:21 am Settlement: 10.02.13 Slab: 06.03.13 Frame: 08.03.13 Lock-up: 05.04.13 Handover: 03.06.13 Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59555 Brisbane Photography Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it 17Oct 06, 2012 2:22 pm Sounds a few degrees hotter and colder than what we experience here. I've lived here for 17 years and only once had a slight frosting on my windscreen. Mostly never gets below 5-7 degrees in winter and no hotter than 32ºC with maybe once or twice getting over 35ºC in summer. Those R-values I quoted you are what we are aiming for at least if not more and we obviously don't have the higher fluctuations in temps that you do. Quote: All these things just make your house more comfortable in both summer and winter as well as lowering your energy bills too of course. The comfort factor is the biggest issue for us. Stewie Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it 18Oct 07, 2012 5:44 pm So I asked the builder about wall insulation, and they can give us R1.5 batts all the way around the house for an extra $800 (although according to him, we "don't really need it"). Is this going to do anything and be worth the money, or is it the kind of thing that doesn't really have any noticeable effect unless you go R3.0 and higher? I don't really want to spend much more than this on insulation. PS: It's 36 degrees here today (and we're fairly close to the city), and we're living without any form of aircon or wall insulation at the moment. It's almost unbearable! *lol* Settlement: 10.02.13 Slab: 06.03.13 Frame: 08.03.13 Lock-up: 05.04.13 Handover: 03.06.13 Build thread: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=59555 Brisbane Photography Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it 19Oct 09, 2012 12:13 am MalinViktoria So I asked the builder about wall insulation, and they can give us R1.5 batts all the way around the house for an extra $800 (although according to him, we "don't really need it")...... It's almost unbearable! *lol* Have you answered your own question ??? IMHO, If you're planning to live in the house as opposed to build-and-sell, then insulation, and the best you can get, is a MUST !! Depending on your particular builder, frame type, construction method and brand of insulation your builder uses there is actually a maximum thickness of insulation that will physically fit in your (external) walls. Find out what this is and use it !!!! Our plan is to spend $$'s on insulation and glazing to keep the home as comfortable as possible to reduce as much as possible the need for heating and cooling. I don't know what the price of electricity is up your way, but $800 doesn't come close to covering our electricity bill for either the summer or winter quarters. If we were to save (say) even 30% of our heating and cooling costs it wouldn't take very many quarters at all to pay back a (say) $2,000 or more investment in insulation. And I'm pretty darn sure that the price of electricity isn't going to drop dramatically any time soon !!! P_D ( IMHO !! ) . Block settled 07 June 2011 Our little piece of the Interwebs on HomeOne....... viewtopic.php?f=31&t=48577&start=0 Re: Sarking, Wall wrap sisalation & insullation - what is it 20Oct 09, 2012 8:25 am ^ Wot 'e said The highest R-rated batt for a 90mm stud wall is R2.5 ( that I'm aware of ) without going down alternative routes such as polystyrene sheets in the wall cavity etc. Below is a screenshot from a pdf I downloaded from Fletchers regarding pink batts for both walls and ceilings. Stewie Vapour permeable wraps are recommended for any climate and main think it is allow walls to breath (i.e. remove water vapour) while at the same time, providing protection… 4 9760 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 11239 I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 16956 |