HALVING COSTS BY INSULATION
A typical New Zealand house may have a suspended timber floor, a fibrous plaster ceiling with a sloping metal roof, stud walls lined inside with plasterboard and outside with weatherboard or brick veneer over building paper. With a minimum amount of insulation installed, that is, lin of fill insulation or one layer of properly installed reflective insulation, the average over-all saving of heat loss is 50 per cent. In a new home it is most important to have insulation installed under the roof and in the walls as these places are not readily accessible after construction is completed, Insulation can usually be added at ceiling level and under floors at a later date provided access is available.
A properly-insulated home requires much less heat to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures. This means that smaller and less costly heating appliances may be used or if using the same capacity heaters, their running cost will be greatly reduced. It is well to bear in mind that a warm home in winter is a cool home in summer as all insulating materials work in both seasons.
Correct installation is not costly and full Information is available from leading manufacturers or their agents.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31057, 12 May 1966, Page 14
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