19 Jun 12 9:04 PM
Looks like uPVC would be good very good insulator. Can you recommend suppliers in Wellington. I did see in Europe they fill the cavity with Argon...read more
19 Jun 12 8:38 PM
They were aluminium, which from my school days is a really good conductor. All the windows had 4 drain holes...read more
19 Jun 12 7:53 PM
Now that I have finished insulating my house I am looking at double glazing. The new houses being built up the road from me have the latest double glazing installed but they have a drip tray and drai......read more
18 Jun 12 3:09 PM
I Understand there is a thermal break where the joists touch the floor, but they are 6 X 2's and wood isn't a very good conductor. There is also foil between joists and floor....read more
18 Jun 12 3:06 PM
More of Underfloor...read more
18 Jun 12 3:04 PM
Difference between Expol underfloor and 100mm Polypalace polystyrene insulation...read more
18 Jun 12 2:52 PM
Hi Caziques It would depend on wether the house was single or multi- story, if single an underfloor system would work well but if I were building a multi-story house then i would go for ducted. If I w......read more
14 Jun 12 10:08 PM
The main Heatpump has to be on but the duct by the bedrooms can be adjusted by winding the vent in or out. I have managed to balance it so that when it's 22 degrees in lounge it's 18 in the bedrooms. ......read more
14 Jun 12 2:14 PM
Hi I'm not sure of your budget, but you could change one of the heat pumps internal units for a cartridge unit and duct of that. Do you know what power rating your external units are rated at, the sma......read more
14 Jun 12 2:00 PM
Will upload pics of underfloor tomorrow....read more
14 Jun 12 1:43 PM
Heatpump Duct outlets, a maximum of 2 can be used...read more
14 Jun 12 1:12 PM
400w energy use through night keeping house at 18 degrees, spike is hot water heating in morning. Hot water heat pump next to fix this...read more
14 Jun 12 1:11 PM
400watt energy use through night keeping house at 18 degrees...read more
14 Jun 12 1:09 PM
New 200mm vent ...read more
14 Jun 12 1:07 PM
Heatpump duct...read more
14 Jun 12 1:06 PM
Polystyrene beads in wall...read more
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14 Jun 12 11:04 AM
Some pics of the process...read more
12 Jun 12 5:11 PM
Yes the planks went between the joists. The planks are not foil backed but my underfloor already had foil so I laid the planks over the top. I cannot emphasis how good these planks are, the wife now t......read more
12 Jun 12 4:03 PM
After reading all of the comments I find it hard to believe that only 10% of heat is lost on a timber suspended floor. I looked into all of the options, even had the EECA people give a quote to insula......read more