Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/01/16 05:38 AM Share Posted 09/01/16 05:38 AM That's how the vast majority of houses are constructed over here.. you weird eastern states stud frame dwellers.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Jeturbo Bob the Freaking Builder Donating Members 10,813 Member For: 15y 2m 18d Gender: Female Location: SA Posted 09/01/16 05:55 AM Share Posted 09/01/16 05:55 AM I like the old double brick By the looks it's only single ??In which case what's that like for insulation compared to a double brick with insulation inbetween Or stud and insulation between Brick and gyprock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/01/16 07:23 AM Share Posted 09/01/16 07:23 AM Yeh we build real houses in WA. All EXTENAL walls are double brick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/01/16 09:05 AM Share Posted 09/01/16 09:05 AM I like the old double brick By the looks it's only single ??In which case what's that like for insulation compared to a double brick with insulation inbetween Or stud and insulation between Brick and gyprockAll double external walls like arron said.. the red ones are cheaper big internal bricks that get plastered over. . The white ones are the face bricks on the outside you actually seeThey used to rarely have insulation in the cavity but we just got some new energy ratings in the code I think a few years back which means they have to have certain directions walls with insulation in the cavity etc. Friends built a few years ago and had to do it all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 6d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 09/01/16 12:48 PM Share Posted 09/01/16 12:48 PM North face pic shows the insulation. It's about 1cm thick from a quick look I had at the roll 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/01/16 01:32 PM Share Posted 09/01/16 01:32 PM (edited) Looks like sisalation Edited 09/01/16 01:33 PM by arronm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 7m 30d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 09/01/16 08:04 PM Share Posted 09/01/16 08:04 PM It's about 1cm thick from a quick look I had at the rollwe had similar laid underneath the roofing material, impressive stuff for the thickness of it.we had insulfluff (a woolly loose substance) on top of the ceiling, which was about 60 to 70cm deep and abolute filth if you had to get up into the ceiling space/roof cavity.removed it when we had our reno (cos new ceiling and roof) The thin foam stuff performs as good or better than the filthy fluffy crap!Just going by our comfort level inside the house and how infrequently we need to use the aircon.and bonus that the ceiling cavity is free of filthy fluff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennox Member 2,586 Member For: 11y 9m 4d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 09/01/16 10:39 PM Share Posted 09/01/16 10:39 PM (edited) So you have no insulation now on the ceiling just the sisalation under the roof? Edited 09/01/16 10:42 PM by Lennox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 6d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 09/01/16 11:21 PM Share Posted 09/01/16 11:21 PM In Straya insulation is for sissies. Pretty sure that's where they get that name from? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodycrashboy Feeling the Love :-) Bronze Donating Members 4,421 Member For: 11y 7m 30d Gender: Male Location: Not in Cairns anymore Posted 10/01/16 03:14 AM Share Posted 10/01/16 03:14 AM So you have no insulation now on the ceiling just the sisalation under the roof?No, it is insulation, I stuck the leftover on my tilt panel door.It's black, gets the sun on it from about 2 till 5 in the arvo.Before I put the insulation on, you could not touch the inside of the door when the sun was on it.now it is barley warm to touchand as far as insulation in the ceiling goes, we don't heat our home (ever) cos min temp here in winter is a freezing 15 degreesand its only hot air that rises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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