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9 September 2021

Re: HEBEL help??? Pros and Cons, need to make a decision!!!General Discussion

Sep 09, 2021 11:22 am

Hey Guys, Has anyone got an answer if Hebel is good for Solar Installation on the roof or would it cause any issues, when I do decide to get solar installed. Cheers N Hi adsnmads Why do you think Hebel might affect solar installation later? are you concerned about future wall penetrations etc? Woul...

Hi adsnmads Why do you think Hebel might affect solar installation later? are you concerned about future wall penetrati...

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19 September 2020

Re: Evaporative Cooling / Gas heating vs Refrigerated coolinBuilding A New House

Sep 19, 2020 8:18 am

Hmm yeah. Solar does helps.

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18 September 2020

Re: Evaporative Cooling / Gas heating vs Refrigerated coolinBuilding A New House

Sep 18, 2020 7:42 pm

So that's both heating and cooling on electric?? How's that going? Is efficiency same as gas heating? I have heard gas heating is better than electric heating. How does it affect the bill compared to gas. Any idea?

So that's both heating and cooling on electric?? How's that going? Is efficiency same as gas heating? I have heard gas h...

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18 September 2020

Re: Evaporative Cooling / Gas heating vs Refrigerated coolinBuilding A New House

Sep 18, 2020 4:26 pm

Ok . Right. Something to think of. Also it will be a rental property initially so will have to think how many split to install. One in living and one in master I guess. I am only concerned of the efficiency of the split. Builder if offering us the cooling as an add on in the same vents as gas heatin...

Ok . Right. Something to think of. Also it will be a rental property initially so will have to think how many split to i...

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17 September 2020

Gas heating + Refrigerated cooling or Split air conGeneral Discussion

Sep 17, 2020 7:08 pm

[color=#353535][size=100]I am building a single storey 18-19sq home in Woodlea, Melbourne. I am confused between: Electric heating and electric cooling vs [/size][/color] [color=#353535][size=100]Gas heating and gas cooling vs [/size][/color] [color=#353535][size=100]Gas heating and split air con. ...

I am building a single storey 18-19sq home in Woodlea, Melbourne. I am confused between: Electric heating and electric c...

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17 September 2020

Re: Evaporative Cooling / Gas heating vs Refrigerated coolinBuilding A New House

Sep 17, 2020 6:59 pm

Dear all, My planned house is of single storey 29 squares with 4 bedrooms, 2 living areas and 1 open theatre . Total of 9 vents are present as per the standard design( 4 in bedrooms and 5 in living/theatre). Below are the price list provide by the builder and I am bit confused with the options to g...

I have the same question.. Can I ask what did u land up getting done? I am confused between: Electric heating and elect...

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12 September 2020

Re: Troubles of a North Facing BlockGeneral Discussion

Sep 12, 2020 8:39 pm

We have the same orientation and also in Melbourne. We chose to have our living areas in the East. We have only been in our house since March, so haven't experienced summer here yet. right. i can imagine... we figured we will have veryy less amount of time in the day having east sun and hence we fi...

right. i can imagine... we figured we will have veryy less amount of time in the day having east sun and hence we final...

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12 September 2020

Re: Troubles of a North Facing BlockGeneral Discussion

Sep 12, 2020 8:36 pm

We have this orientation. Our solution was to have a courtyard to get the sun into the back living areas. This was a custom build though, are you looking only at volume builds? no. at small builder. We have finalised having west facing living/ kitchen.

no. at small builder. We have finalised having west facing living/ kitchen.

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28 August 2020

Re: Troubles of a North Facing BlockGeneral Discussion

Aug 28, 2020 2:23 pm

Im on acerage oh where is that?

oh where is that?

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28 August 2020

Re: Troubles of a North Facing BlockGeneral Discussion

Aug 28, 2020 9:45 am

Oh ok . Is urs a corner block? Mine is not. I thought being in the middle might cut out the sun a bit I am actually a sun lover so thought western sun would be nice.. not sure how killer it can get.

Oh ok . Is urs a corner block? Mine is not. I thought being in the middle might cut out the sun a bit I am actually a su...

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27 August 2020

Re: Woodlea land valuationGeneral Discussion

Aug 27, 2020 11:05 pm

Hi I’m building in stage 41..and land titles have been knocked back till August 21! The land sales lady at woodlea told me titles where expected aug 20 and the Metricon home sales lady told me April 21 so I’m a bit confused but expect a delay in titles.. oh wow.. I am building Stage 42 and mine tit...

oh wow.. I am building Stage 42 and mine titles in Feb21. For now the woddleas sales have said its on track. I would fe...

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27 August 2020

Troubles of a North Facing BlockGeneral Discussion

Aug 27, 2020 11:02 pm

We have bought a block of land in Woodlea (West of Melbourne) with a North front and South rear. I know this is the least ideal orientation (as I have read on every single website and forum) but I would like to hear from those who have built with the same orientation and how did you make it work as...

We have bought a block of land in Woodlea (West of Melbourne) with a North front and South rear. I know this is the leas...

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4 January 2020

Woodlea land valuationGeneral Discussion

Jan 04, 2020 10:42 pm

Hi all, My husband and I planning to buy a land in woodlea estate. Stage 42, Aintree. This settles in 2021 April. Any reviews about the estate, land valuation and growth of suburb will be helpful. This is our first investment property. Hearing a lot of things about land valuation being low in woodle...

Hi all, My husband and I planning to buy a land in woodlea estate. Stage 42, Aintree. This settles in 2021 April. Any re...

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5 December 2017

Re: Actron ESP vs Actron Add onGeneral Discussion

Dec 05, 2017 6:50 pm

Not sure about add on air con, heat pump question, but gas has been made artificially high priced in Australia by Victorian labour government policy made to please greens alliances, it will come down as pressures come down on Vic government to stop this policy. My home without garage is 35_40 squar...

Joker, In terms of insulation, What insulation (R= ??) did you use We are building with Hebel and already asked my buil...

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5 December 2017

Re: Actron ESP vs Actron Add onGeneral Discussion

Dec 05, 2017 4:59 pm

Joker, In terms of insulation, What insulation (R= ??) did you use We are building with Hebel and already asked my buil...

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5 December 2017

Re: Actron ESP vs Actron Add onGeneral Discussion

Dec 05, 2017 2:21 pm

Live in geelong and have actron 17kw add on air con with brevis 6 star Central heating, I melbourne and geelong you would always go with gas heating and add on has we use heating at least twice as much, with solar our electricity bills stay quite low, as most the time when we use air con, it's eith...

Thanks Joker. As being in Melbourne, Heating is the priority and dont know how much reverse cycle will cost to heat the...

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2 December 2017

Actron ESP vs Actron Add onGeneral Discussion

Dec 02, 2017 8:56 pm

Hello All Building new house in Melbourne metro north. If someone could tell more about how Actron ESP plus is performing in real winter (May-August). I am planning to consider Add On or ESP plus. However, ESP plus is reverse cycle heating and cooling so electricity cost is a big factor. So need to ...

Hello All Building new house in Melbourne metro north. If someone could tell more about how Actron ESP plus is performin...

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4 November 2017

Re: Evaporative cooling vs Split systemHeating, Cooling & Insulation

Nov 04, 2017 4:56 pm

Gas is becoming more expensive as the gas companies make a greater profit from exporting it than selling domestically (there's a whole history of the government stuffing some key decisions that's lead to this - including the bizarre situation where the Japanese government earns more tax revenue fro...

Very well explained.. Thanks. It was good to read a bit of the history to this ongoing issue.

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3 November 2017

Re: Evaporative cooling vs Split systemHeating, Cooling & Insulation

Nov 03, 2017 9:00 pm

So finally we had our electrical appointment yesterday. it went well and expensive too :) With the confusion on evap vs split we landed up going for Refrigerated cooling. The price they quoted for the split was: 2.6kw for master bedroom- $2700 7kw for family dining kitchen- $3500 So this is basicall...

So finally we had our electrical appointment yesterday. it went well and expensive too With the confusion on evap vs spl...

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31 October 2017

Re: Evaporative cooling vs Split systemHeating, Cooling & Insulation

Oct 31, 2017 3:47 pm

Thanks guys. For all your replies. It really helps. Just a random question. Any idea how many split generally required for a family size- 4.83 x 7.00m I am more worried because the split costs a lot with installation and the electricity consumption is high even. Also, its hard for the cool air to be...

Thanks guys. For all your replies. It really helps. Just a random question. Any idea how many split generally required f...