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Insulating An Old House: Energy Efficiency Tips for Heritage Homes
Old heritage homes may be stunning and highly valuable in the housing market, but they offer a different dilemma to their owners: Renovating them is hard work and they are expensive to maintain! Among the most difficult aspects to improve and maintain in almost all...
Practical and Economical Reasons Why You Need To Retrofit Your Home This Summer
A well-planned home retrofit plan that puts your comfort and financial situation first can improve the quality of your life for years ahead. Here are five good reasons why upgrading your insulation and draught proofing your home is the most sensible thing to do in...
3 Home Retrofit Ideas That Will Save You Thousands
Are you looking for cost-effective home retrofit solutions that will help you lower your annual energy cost while increasing your thermal efficiency all year round? Firstly, exactly how much can you save? From personal experience, our total bill reduced by 84%. And...
3 Comforting Benefits of Having a Deep Floor Joist Spacing
Are you looking at upgrading your thermal comfort in summer and winter? You don’t have to look far and wide. The solution you need may be right underneath your floorboards! Installing insulation under your house can give a massive lift in your home’s thermal...
Energy-Efficient Home Retrofit Ideas That Will Keep Your Tenants Longer
Having problems with tenant retention? You might need to carefully assess how your property is performing in terms of thermal comfort. Most tenants are concerned with the level of thermal and energy efficiency they are getting from their rentals. It doesn’t matter how...
Lack of Air Conditioning? Stop Your Home Becoming a Deathtrap!
As temperatures begin to rise in Australia, we are being encouraged to retrofit our homes for thermal efficiency to stay cool amid the heatwave conditions and to lower our energy consumption. This came after the Australian Bureau of Meteorology tweeted on 16 January...
Three Reasons Why Chimney Balloons Are Useless
Fireplaces provides warmth and a comforting ambiance during the colder months. But on normal days, other than giving your living room a rustic vibe, unused chimneys are gigantic holes that remove conditioned air from your home and let in the outside air in a very...
Fixing A Draughty Chimney With A Chimney Draught Stopper
When the colder months set in, many turn to their fireplace for a warm refuge. Indeed, nothing beats a crackling fire in keeping the whole family toasty amid a frigid Aussie winter. However, when not in use, an open chimney can become a thermal nuisance if you’re...
Energy Efficient Ways To Warm A Cold House – Heating Bill Down 43%
The long-standing enemy of thermal efficiency is the gaps and cracks present in a home. To rule out any misconceptions, ALL HOMES, regardless of type, age, and location, are plagued with these in various areas and to various degrees. All homes can be affected by...
How to Keep Cold Air From Coming Through Your Windows in Winter
Is your house excessively cold in winter? One of the possible reasons why your home has poor thermal comfort could be that you have leaky windows. Everyone understands that some windows leak water - what many people don’t appreciate is that some windows leak air! A...
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