Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Insulation in cavity-brick wire ties and conduits interf 2Feb 19, 2020 8:54 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Insulation in cavity-brick wire ties and conduits interf 5Feb 19, 2020 10:06 am Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Insulation in cavity-brick wire ties and conduits interf 6May 22, 2020 8:50 am A word of warning here: Watch the brickies as they were lazy with putting in the 20mm spacer bisuits and the company told me, that reduces the R-rating from R 1.8 down to R 1.3 or 1/3, so I have suggested to the builder to give me a refund. Re: Insulation in cavity-brick wire ties and conduits interf 7May 22, 2020 12:41 pm The main challenge will be to make sure they remove excess mortar inside the cavity on both leaves. The mortar, when touching aluminium side of your foil, will get into chemical reaction and deteriorate it. Unfortunately, this is a very common practice with bricklayers. Re: Insulation in cavity-brick wire ties and conduits interf 9May 22, 2020 4:48 pm Watch the outer leaf being done and insist on one 20mm spacer biscuit every second brick tie. Take photos like I did as evidence; not that the supervisor bothered to reply after I contacted his "buffer". Re: Insulation in cavity-brick wire ties and conduits interf 10May 22, 2020 5:08 pm ![]() Watch the outer leaf being done and insist on one 20mm spacer biscuit every second brick tie. Take photos like I did as evidence; not that the supervisor bothered to reply after I contacted his "buffer". Re: Insulation in cavity-brick wire ties and conduits interf 11May 23, 2020 8:39 am The company also says there has to be a 50mm overlap, top sheet over lower, the overlap has to be taped, that is a must and then the co. says it should also be taped around windows and doors?! One bag of spacers plus one tape per roll of insulation has to be ordered. Just watch it being delivered? We already paid for somfy motors for the blinds. The quote above was purely for “pre-wiring” so the blinds company can install the motors and blinds. That’s why we… 5 59281 As there is no sarking, there is a good chance that blow in insulation will be getting wet from time to time due to the rain water blown from the outside esp. during windy… 3 10608 Shade the brick with large eves. Since going to minimum of 600mm eaves on my build, I've noticed much improved cooling off the house after hot summer days. Can see the… 1 14685 |