Airfoam - Save Your Heat

Insulation is the most important item you can fit to your home to create a warm, comfortable, healthy and energy efficient environment.

Considering the total area of your outside walls its not suprising that your heat loss through the walls in a typical house is as much as through the windows and floors combined. (about 30%). Even if you have your ceiling insulated, the heat inside your home simply finds the next closest exit to escape. When insulating your house it is important to have a holistic approach. Think of a chilli-bin for example, if only the lid or walls were insluted it would not work effectively.

Save Your Heat

Considering the total area of your outside walls its not suprising that your heat loss through the walls in a typical house is as much as through the windows and floors combined. (about 30%). Even if you have your cieling insulated, the heat inside your home simply finds the next closest exit to escape. When insulating your house it is important to have a holistic approach. Think of a chilli-bin for example, if only the lid or walls were insluted it would not work effectively.

The best solution

AIRFOAM™ insulation is a very effective way to prevent a large amounts of heat loss, and can be installed into most existing walls, including weatherboard, fibrolite, stucco and brick walls if there is an accessible cavity. The installation can take place from either the outside (through the exterior cladding) (through the plasterboard or similar) of the house, and will usually be completed within one to two days, with very little disruption to the household.

Benefits of having a well insulated home

A warm, dry home is a healthy home.
Your home will become more comfortable, warmer in Winter, cooler in Summer.
You are better able to cope with rises in fuel and power costs.
You will save money on energy bills.

Saving heat is cheaper than providing it.

In a home with no insulation you can lose 35-40% of your heat through the roof, 30-35% through the walls 15% through your windows, and 10% through the floor. Insulation effectiveness is measured in ‘R’s’. The higher the ‘R’ rating, the more effective the insulation.

example: The average weatherboard home has a wall cavity of 100mm. Filled with Airfoam the wall has an insulation rating of R2.7. This is a higher than average rating. The reason being, Airfoam fills the entire cavity in your walls, inhibiting all airflow.

Insulation is the most important item you can fit to your home to reduce heating and cooling requirements and costs.

Although new building standards prescribe good levels of insulation in new homes, most older homes built before January 1978 have no insulation at all, and many homes built before January 1991 have no insulation in the walls.

In winter, the inside surfaces of uninsulated walls, ceilings and windows are normally several degrees colder than insulated walls or ceilings. You feel cold standing next to a cold wall because you are losing body heat to the wall. Insulation lets the surfaces warm up and overcomes this effect.

Mildew and mould on your interior walls and ceilings is a direct result of poor insulation and ventilation. Many people purchase dehumidifiers to combat this problem and although they may work, you are treating the symptom not the cause. If you create insulating barriers then the dehumidifier will be used for far less time, more economically - if at all!

Home owners understand they should have their walls insulated, but do not know there is such an effective quick solution available.

Airfoam is the most effective insulation available in NZ for existing walls, with a successful installation track record exceeding 25 years in the NZ market.