Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Improving your star rating 14Feb 11, 2009 9:20 pm wake_me joles Loulabelle, This is nothing to do with star rating, but just a suggestion. I'd change the placement of the internal door from the garage. Rather than coming into the hallway, I'd put it on the back wall of the garage so that it comes into that little area outside the laundry where the linen cupboard is. Gives easy access to the laundry trough to wash hands and also leaves a nice blank wall in the entry way. Just a thought. Jo Good idea for practicality reasons and aesthetics but the way i see it, that door provides a perfect corridor for cross ventilation. Would you really want cross ventilation through your garage???? Am I misunderstanding something?? I would have my garage door into the house closed all the time no matter where it is. I leave you to fend for yourself, figure things out yourself. Terrence Malick Re: Improving your star rating 15Feb 11, 2009 9:28 pm cyclone Loulabelle Our new house will be a 5 star rating, how do I improve this rating? as I know it can go up to 10. Is it stuff like the lighting you use, solar hot water, using tank water for toilets/laundry?? Our roof insulation is 50mm Anticon Blanket, is this good? is there better? I live in FNQ so want to reduce the heat in the house as much as possible without having to use the air con 8 months of the year. Can you please give me some advise on how to achieve this. I've designed my house so that the main lounge/dining/kitchen and back patio face north. Plus the master bedroom faces north. Just had a quick look online, does anyone have LED downlights in their house???? hmmm, i think the garage should of been on the west wall. use reflective windows/doors on west side. We had to design a house with the garage on that side as the developers have already put the driveway in before we decided to buy. Re: Improving your star rating 16Feb 11, 2009 10:43 pm joles wake_me joles Loulabelle, This is nothing to do with star rating, but just a suggestion. I'd change the placement of the internal door from the garage. Rather than coming into the hallway, I'd put it on the back wall of the garage so that it comes into that little area outside the laundry where the linen cupboard is. Gives easy access to the laundry trough to wash hands and also leaves a nice blank wall in the entry way. Just a thought. Jo Good idea for practicality reasons and aesthetics but the way i see it, that door provides a perfect corridor for cross ventilation. Would you really want cross ventilation through your garage???? Am I misunderstanding something?? I would have my garage door into the house closed all the time no matter where it is. Fair call, I guess it depends how clean your garage is. I think of my garage as an extension of my living space. You could eat off my garage floor and most days my boy usually does On a 40 degree day with 95 percent humidity i'd have the garage panel lift open as well. This garage faces the south so would capture a SE breeze beautifully. Though some people dont like their garage doors open and thats understandable but in FNQ every bit of breeze is a godsend. Re: Improving your star rating 17Feb 12, 2009 5:08 am Quote: hmmm, i think the garage should of been on the west wall. use reflective windows/doors on west side. We had to design a house with the garage on that side as the developers have already put the driveway in before we decided to buy. are you near the coast, are you exposed to the breezes ? Re: Improving your star rating 18Feb 12, 2009 8:13 pm cyclone Quote: hmmm, i think the garage should of been on the west wall. use reflective windows/doors on west side. We had to design a house with the garage on that side as the developers have already put the driveway in before we decided to buy. are you near the coast, are you exposed to the breezes ? Here's our land, the driveway is right behind me in the photo. We have 898 sq m, a house will be the left and to the right. http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u224/stiltkins75/DSC02044Medium.jpg We have the mountains behind us, a creek to the left. Not near the sea, there are breezes and because were close to the mountains we'll probably get more rain. Re: Improving your star rating 20Feb 13, 2009 7:06 am Loulabelle cyclone Quote: hmmm, i think the garage should of been on the west wall. use reflective windows/doors on west side. We had to design a house with the garage on that side as the developers have already put the driveway in before we decided to buy. are you near the coast, are you exposed to the breezes ? Here's our land, the driveway is right behind me in the photo. We have 898 sq m, a house will be the left and to the right. We have the mountains behind us, a creek to the left. Not near the sea, there are breezes and because were close to the mountains we'll probably get more rain. are you on the west or east of the Great Dividing range ? the reason i ask, is that during summer you maybe be forced to use AC due to high humdity and low wind speeds, unless you install a http://www.everbreeze.com.au/breeze_power.htm You also may want to use casement windows in the media room, to capture the wind from the NE to SE. cheers 10 years ago was a different software than we use now. it has had a lot of changes over the past years. Improvments to the software and changes to how Nathers models need… 8 1586 Thanks mate. Yeah good points! Leaning towards Option 3 to get a bit extra space in the cabinets but not going too crazy high (and expensive). 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