Natalie and Paul’s 1970s brick home in chilly Central Otago has become much warmer and more comfortable since they installed ceiling and floor insulation.
Natalie said that in 2001 when they moved in, the floor was too cold to put their one year-old son Nathan on. “It was so cold that, in winter, we couldn’t put our feet on the floor.”
In April 2006, through an ENERGYWISETM Home Grant, they fitted the house with blanket glass-fibre ceiling insulation, perforated reflective foil underfloor insulation, two door draught excluders, and four compact fluorescent light bulbs.
“It has made a huge difference…even when we have snow the house is cosy. Lots of people have noticed a difference and have asked me about it. They actually come in and say ‘God it’s hot in here!’ It hasn’t got a chill like it used to have.”
Natalie and Paul have a wood burner, and they installed a heat transfer unit to vent heat from the lounge to outside the bedroom doors, warming up the bedrooms. The insulation has also stopped their weeping windows, which “used to pour with water.”
Photo credit to Allied Press Limited, The News.
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