Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! Re: No foil sarking in upper level walls - why? 2Sep 12, 2010 12:55 pm Henley - Wilshire Mk 3 ... I love my house!! Site start: 4th Feb 09 Handover: 10th Sep 09 Blog: http://stormygirlscastle.blogspot.com/ Build Thread: viewtopic.php?t=7166 Re: No foil sarking in upper level walls - why? 5Sep 12, 2010 9:53 pm Casa2 Make sure the insulation is installed on all external walls. It's even more important on upper floors since this is where the maximum temperature difference occurs on winter. Yes going to call the site supervisor first thing tomorrow. Not sure how they are planning to secure the upper floor sarking to the frame now the bricks have gone about 50cm above the lower level sarking. Will be interesting to see what they are planning to do. Re: No foil sarking in upper level walls - why? 6Sep 13, 2010 6:53 pm Called the site supervisor today. He said they will "slide" the foil in behind the brick. Not sure exactly how they are going to attach it to the frame. I'll just wait and see I guess. Re: No foil sarking in upper level walls - why? 7Sep 16, 2010 8:52 pm Checked the progress today on the foil installation, and they have put the foil from the floor of the upper level to the ceiling of the upper level. This means that the void between the ceiling of the lower level and the floor of the upper level does not (and will not) have foil around it. To me this does not seem ideal. Is this acceptable? Should I complain about it? It's too late for them to do anything now anyway without removing nearly a whole level of bricks. Also the sarking they are using on the upper level is blue. The one on the lower level is green. Not sure what the difference is. Is it actually providing some insulating effect, or is it just for weather protection? I am in the same situation, would you be able to give some insights in to this? I am in SA 8 17158 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi all Iām in VIC and had some storm damage in my garage a month ago. Gutter found not fit for purpose. Insurance company saying the guttering and flashing to be fixed… 0 12761 That sucks! Hope it all works out. Good to move away from steel anyway for all your reasons, but it's also thermally poor. 16 17987 |