Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Jul 13, 2017 5:47 am M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Re: Draughts from cavity sliding doors 3Jul 13, 2017 10:33 am M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Re: Draughts from cavity sliding doors 5Jul 15, 2017 7:50 am aussieta we couldn't figure how mice were getting in until we found the cat trying to get into the sliding door cavity after removing the doors we could see right into the house frame and foil wrap i put a piece of wood in there and then added an extension hose to a can of foam-a-fill and sealed it up good OMG!!!!!!!!! Now I'm totally scared! I never thought about this.... spiders and bugs too!! C U S T O M. C O R A L. B R O N T E. 43 http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=79581 M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Re: Draughts from cavity sliding doors 7Jul 15, 2017 8:34 am hitman Thank you. When I looked at that late the other night I thought it had to be installed during construction but now I'm thinking it might be ok to retro fit. Thanks heapa C U S T O M. C O R A L. B R O N T E. 43 http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=79581 M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Re: Draughts from cavity sliding doors 9Jul 21, 2017 9:27 am Sounds the roof insulation stop or prevent air coming through of great volume? Hoping that is isn't an issue as we added sarking around the whole roof. My KDR Metricon Hampshire - Liberty - 45 Melb https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Draughts from cavity sliding doors 10Jul 21, 2017 5:11 pm Renman Sounds the roof insulation stop or prevent air coming through of great volume? Hoping that is isn't an issue as we added sarking around the whole roof. My KDR Metricon Hampshire - Liberty - 45 Melb https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t We have sarking too. Isn't doing anything C U S T O M. C O R A L. B R O N T E. 43 http://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?t=79581 M Y C U S T O M C O R A L B R O N T E 43 ...............Kitchen! 16 Nov 2016 https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=79581 Draughts from cavity sliding doors 11Jul 21, 2017 7:48 pm Where is the bulk of the air coming from then? I get it if the open but it's covered by sarking and roof insulations. My KDR Metricon Hampshire - Liberty - 45 Melb https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?share_ ... are_type=t Re: Draughts from cavity sliding doors 12Jul 22, 2017 12:50 pm Cavity sliding doors come like this and are installed prior to gyprock. Gyprock would then be installed over the frame on the right. I'm still struggling a little to understand how air can leak (significantly anyway) to the roof when the whole cavity sliding door is framed (apart from the bottom) and gyprock installed right against the frame. Re: Draughts from cavity sliding doors 13Jul 22, 2017 1:04 pm on mine the back of door cavity is against external wall the back of door frame has some horizontal bracing but you can/could see into house frame looks like vanity was installed prior to plasterboard as you can/could see behind vanity on mine the top is one strip of timber and looks to be airtight we have a standard size and often we have a lot of variety to choose 0 3558 We are looking for sliding doors which are 5 metres tall. There are a few European options. Any manufacturers in Australia or distributors? 0 5036 Pls help! The black marks show where our outdoor entertaining area would be along side of house as we have an irregular backyard and want to make use of the side as… 0 4346 |