Saving energy around your home. - PlaceMakers

A 3-step Plan to More Comfortable Living:• Install or upgrade ceiling insulation to a ‘Better’ or‘Best’ R-value by using Pink ® Batts ® Ultra TM products.If walls are not insulated, a higher R-value in theceiling will help to compensate. Insulating yourceiling is a relatively easy job.• Install Pink ® Batts ® CosyFloor TM under yourfloorboards if you have a raised timber floor.Depending on the crawl space beneath your house,this is a straightforward process.• Installing insulation in your walls is more of a taskbecause it involves the removal and refixing of walllinings. But if you’re planning major renovations,it should be part of your upgrade plan - reline,insulate and rewire all at the same time. Wallinsulation is a great way to achieve improved noisecontrol between rooms.Making the Most of a New Home -InsulationBuilding a new home is a golden opportunity toprescribe and install the optimum level of insulationfor comfort and noise control.It’s also the most cost effective time to insulate, becausematerials can be installed as you go. You’re sparedthe expense and hassle of ripping out internal walllinings or crawling around the roof space.We recommend you don’t leave insulation selection tosomeone else. Getting involved with the decision makingprocess is the only way to make sure that more thanthe minimum levels of thermal and acoustic insulationare installed. You’re the person who will directly benefitin terms of long term cost savings and comfort, so besure in insist on high R-values before products areordered or installed.Specifying ‘Better’ or ‘Best’ Pink ® Batts ®Ultra TMR-values means...• Better control over the internal temperature of yourhome, creating a more comfortable livingenvironment all year round• Lower electricity and/gas heating bills• A drier, healthier home• A quieter, more peaceful internal environmentPlease Note:Whilst the advice and recommendations contained in this brochurehave been produced with proper care, they are offered onlywith the objective of assisting those interested in home improvementprojects and PlaceMakers does not accept responsibility for theadvice, recommendations, etc. contained herein.8