Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 Dec 02, 2013 2:37 pm Hi there, We bought an older house in the south east suburbs of Melbourne last October. The front part of the house has high ceilings and is like a little cottage. We put insulation in there when we moved in and it worked a treat. It's a weatherboard house and still gets warm but ceiling fans and insulation makes it livable. The extension the previous owners did sometime in 1990's extended the house to have an open plan/living area. The back area has a tin roof, and has no reflective insulation. It's about 8m long by about 8m wide but pitches in the middle... The roofing guy that just came out said that Kingspan Air cell is the best product to use and will make a massive difference. It would cost $2400 to rip up existing Tin (which he said was in great condition), lay the insulation, then fix the roof back to the battens again. Does that sound reasonable and would it be worth it? Last summer didnt seem too bad because we had a large bay tree shielding most of the roof from the north facing aspect. This was growing against the fence (we are getting that replaced) and is now gone... Any help appreciated. Re: No reflective insulation under tin roof 3Dec 02, 2013 4:18 pm mynameisjonas $2400 to rip up existing Tin (which he said was in great condition), lay the insulation, then fix the roof back to the battens again. That is a excellent quote, minimum it will take 2 men most of one day plus material. -mick Quote: I Have Done So Much With So Little For So Long, I Can Do Almost Anything With Nothing Now. DWB Re: No reflective insulation under tin roof 4Dec 03, 2013 7:58 am Thanks, I had another quote at $1450, plus $165 to install a whirlybird... That material was Bradford Anticon 55... which the guy says is the same performance quality as aircell, but way cheaper... Few big costs coming up with replacing both 55metre side fences, but we'll get there... it might have to wait until next summer or even in winter. Re: No reflective insulation under tin roof 5Dec 03, 2013 12:52 pm great, Bradford is the insul most use and is guanteed to meet the Australian Standard. I knew a roofer who was going to import insul from mexico back in the government insulation debarcle era but he coudnt get Australian Standard approval even though it was an authoirsed product in the US and exceeded the Australian Standard. Big boys looking after each other it seems -mick Quote: I Have Done So Much With So Little For So Long, I Can Do Almost Anything With Nothing Now. DWB Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 16106 I want to build a bigger driveway (without a nature strip) than has been approved under my CDC. I’ve also had a DA approved to build a deck. It looks like I can do this… 0 4797 Hi All, about to commence a bathroom renovation and need some advice on subfloor works. Current subfloor is hardwood T&G floorboards on 90x45 joists, but intention is to… 0 5821 |