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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

14 Jun 12 11:18 AM

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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

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