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2 Tuesday [Edition datE] 14 April 3 2018 Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi HOME & HEATING NOR’WEST NEWS Email julia.evans@starmedia.kiwi by 5pm each Wednesday Air Con Christchurch Air Con Christchurch is your locally owned company recognised by EECA and CCC as a provider of insulation and heating to meet the Building Code and landlord requirements. We have all major brands and offer the chance to win a $5000 Gold Coast Holiday with every heat pump, insulation or ventilation purchase prior to December 2018. With the facilities about to be completely reinvented it’s time to usher in a new era at Waimairi School. What better way to do that than with a community fair? Everyone is welcome. There will be candy floss, book, clothing, white elephant toy stalls, pony rides, performances from local groups, international food stalls, tea, coffee, games, raffles and a fun, welcoming atmosphere. There will also be a lot of incredible prizes including a TranzAlpine family pass, a microscooter, a Tekapo ski package, a signed 2018 Crusaders team jersey and many more vouchers, products and experiences. Go along and embrace the fair vibe. Go to the website for more information: http://www.waimairi.school.nz/fair-2018.html. JP Clinic Tuesday, 10am-1pm A Justice of the Peace will be available to members of the community, to witness signatures and documents, certify document copies, hear oaths, declarations, affidavits or affirmations as well as sign citizenship, sponsorship or rates rebates applications. There is no charge for this service. Fendalton, Shirley and Papanui libraries Fendalton Family History Help Wednesday, 9.30- 11.30am Are you interested in family history (genealogy)? A volunteer from the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Society of Genealogists is available to help with your family history questions. Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd Music Trails Through the Library Wednesday, 10.30- 11.15am Join the musicians of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra as they travel around Christchurch’s libraries in this series of fun, 45min performances filled with song, dance and storytelling. Catered especially for two to six-year-olds. All performances start at 10.30am. Free, no bookings required. Papanui Library, 35 Langdons Rd Bishopdale Bridge Club Wednesday, 11am- 2.30pm Go along and join in with this social group who meets every Wednesday for a game or two of bridge. Table fees $5. Phone Janet for more information on 352 1440. Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre, 13 Bishopdale Court Knit ’n’ Yarn Thursday 2-3pm Go along and enjoy a chat with other as you knit. For anyone who loves to knit or wants to learn. Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd Christchurch Women’s Toastmasters Friday, 12.30 - 1.30pm Want to advance your career? Have the confidence to speak up for issues you care about? A friendly group of women meet weekly to help women succeed through developing speaking and leadership skills. See the website for more information - www. cwctoastmasters.org.nz St Pauls, behind Tennis Pavilion, 1 Harewood Rd Card Club Friday, 1.30-3.30pm This weekly card club is on every Friday, just go along and join in the fun. Shirley Library, 36 Marshland Rd Super Saturday Storytimes Saturday, 11-11.45am Encourage learning through a love for stories and craft. Storytimes is an interactive programme including stories, songs, rhymes and play. This is a free session. Shirley Library, 36 Marshland Rd Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival Saturday, 9am-5pm Go along and enjoy innovative fresh takes on Shakespeare performed by students from around the Canterbury region. For the 27th-year, students will perform five and 15min scenes from the Bard’s plays at the SGCNZ University of Otago Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival 2018. You could see anything from a steam punk Romeo and Juliet brawl scene, a Te Reo Hamlet to a classic Elizabethan The Comedy of Errors hilarity. Watch old favourites with a new twist or scenes from lesserknown plays dusted off and brought to daylight. Adults $10, students $5. Christchurch Girls’ High School, 10 Matai St East Stellar Strings Saturday, 4pm Stephen Larsen is a wellknown New Zealand violin teacher. His students, who include several Rangi current music scholars and alumni, have enjoyed success in numerous competitions on a national and international level, and have gone on to work and study all over the world. He will be holding a concert at Rangi Ruru showcasing students he has tutored in workshops on Saturday. For more information, go to https://nz.patronbase. com/_RangiRuru/ Productions. Merivale Lane Theatre, 10 Merivale Lane Summer cooling “Did you know your heat pump is an air conditioner?” BUT!! If you bought it for heating it will struggle to cool the area as cooling is always less output e.g. Mitsubishi Electric MSZGE42 = 5kW heating and 4.2kW cooling. So always ask your installer if you want cooling as well as heating. We at Air Con Christchurch always advise what we have quoted for. Heating tips Select “Heat” on heat pump and set temperature at approximately 21 – 22 degrees with fan on Auto Cooling tips Select “Cooling” and set at 20 – 22 degrees this will save you up to 30% running costs and still be cool (try it and see). 16 degrees is too low. Heat pump cleaning is now due for the winter. Winter Heat Pump Spec Use this editorial and we will provide a Heat Pump Clean Service for $59.95 in Christchurch. See our website for comprehensive list. Call Air Con Christchurch on 03 343 3049 or 0800 161 163 or visit our website on www. airconnz.co.nz New Zealand’s best low temper performance heat pump, guaran While ordinary heat pumps produce less heat belo only Mitsubishi Electric HyperCore ® Technology gu its fully rated capacity right down to -15°C so yo all the heat you paid for. WIN A $ 5000 HOLIDAY Save $250 5.3kW Heating Wide Temperature Operation HIGH WALL HEAT PUMP FH25 3.2kW Heat Pump FREE WIFI INCLUDED* $2,695 $2549.80 INSTALLED Installed BACK BB. TO BACK* including Conditions GST apply. Hypercore 2.2-8.4kW Heating MFZ-KJ50VEHZ Dimensions (WxDxH): 750 x 215 x 600mm Heating Capacity: 5.8 kW (min 2.2kW–max 8.4kW) Heating Efficiency – COP: 3.94 / ACOP: 3.94 Cooling Capacity: 5.0kW (min 1.6kW–max 5.7kW) Cool Efficiency–ER: 3.57 / AEER: 3.57 $3,974 INSTALLED BACK TO BACK* Unit 8/33 Watts Road, Sockburn ® Save HEAT PUMP DEALS $400 Your chance to win with Heat Pump purchase. See in store for details. GREE heat pumps are designed to operate efficiently from -22° to +43°C including GST FLOOR CONSO KJ60 6.8kW Heat Pu $4449.5 Installed BB. Conditions apply. Hypercore -15° Quietly Supe Unit 8/33 Watts 0800 161 162 03 343 3886 Sockburn, Chris www.airconnz.co.nz
NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi Tuesday [Edition April 3 datE] 2018 153 HOME & HEATING Choosing the right heat pump for your home Whether it be a new build, or a retrofit, most homes include at least one heat pump, if not a whole heating solution. They can provide cheap, clean heat and are much more convenient than a log burner as you just need to press a button. But how do you decide what is best? Choosing the right sized heat pump is key to ensuring optimum comfort levels. Every situation varies and it is therefore important to get professional advice from heat pump experts. The range varies from wall mounted high walls, floor mounted systems, multi systems, ceiling cassettes, right through to ducted central heating systems allowing you to have a very discreet way of heating your whole home to a constant temperature throughout. Firstly, you must select a heat pump that is suitable for the size of the space you wish to heat. Usually a site visit is the best way to ascertain this. Not only is the size of the area taken into consideration but also, insulation, building orientation, windows and ceiling space. There are a wide range of heat pumps available with different heating outputs so it is important to select the correct size for Heating is a major investment in your home and it is vital to get the right advice. your requirements that will handle the job but not be unnecessarily overpowered. Secondly, the location of your heat pump is also extremely important. The cheapest installation is a back to back where the outdoor unit is positioned directly behind the indoor unit however this is not necessarily always the best option. It is vital that the indoor unit is positioned in a place that will not be constantly blowing on you. Also important, is the location of the outdoor unit. Most people do not want their outdoor unit sitting directly in their outdoor entertaining area or right outside their bedroom window. Choose a brand you can trust. Many brands have come and gone over the years but there are a number of manufacturers who provide reputable and reliable products. All brands vary in their energy efficiency, quietness of systems and price, so it depends on your application as to which will be most suitable. Major brands such as Panasonic, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Daikin, Toshiba and Hitachi are all reliable brands backed up by good technical after sales service. Ensure your heat pump is installed by an accredited installer. This will not only ensure correct installation of your heat pump, but also validate the manufacturers warranty. Other things to consider when choosing a heat pump are time clocks, ease of use of the remote controllers, air filtration and also wifi capabilities. Heating is a major investment in your home and it is vital to get the right advice. Enviro Master Ltd specialise in the supply, installation and servicing of all major brands of heat pumps. Our salesmen are engineers ensuring you get quality, unbiased advice as to which system will suit your application the best. Enviro Master Ltd offer a free, no obligation quote and will come to your home to see what is required. Visit our website at www.enviromaster.co.nz. Fresh air in your home All houses require air exchange in order to stay fresh and dry. No one likes to live in a stuffy, smelly, damp home. Indoor air quality is important for the health of the occupants. Houses can have many sources of contaminants, such as bathrooms, kitchens, pets, smokers, and even furnishings. Opening the windows can refresh the air, but is not always an option for security reasons and can also lead to heat energy being lost to outside. Although older houses have small gaps around windows and doors, you want to be able to control the flow of air. You don’t want air coming in to the bathroom or kitchen and pushing the soiled air around the house. It is better to expel the air out of kitchens and bathrooms to outside. This will draw air in from the rest of the house to replace the air that has been removed. Modern houses are very airtight and theoretically require a source of incoming air to allow kitchen and bathroom extraction to work optimally. Ventilation systems should be low air velocity and low air pressure so as not to cause draughts. There are two main types of ventilation system: Positive pressure and Balanced pressure. Positive pressure systems, such as the Dry- Matic, bring filtered, warmed attic air into the house, which then percolates through the rooms, pushing the damper stale air out. Balanced pressure systems bring in a similar amount of air to the amount they exhaust. Balanced pressure systems with Heat Exchange, such as the HEX390, use the heat of the outgoing air to warm the incoming air from outside. These are the most energy efficient systems available, as they recover up to 80% of the energy in the air, rather than losing it to outside. Heat exchangers work just as well cooling incoming air when the house is cooled in summer. The NZ building code has recommended air exchange rates for houses. To ascertain the required airflow for your home, please contact Smooth-Air on 0800 SMOOTH (0800 766 684), who will also be able to recommend a solution if your ventilation doesn’t yet meet the New Zealand standard. Ventilation Equipment Suppliers totrade retail Domestic Commercial Industrial & HEAT PUMP SALE NOW ON! Amazin’ Autumn Specials!! Centrifugal inline fans Axial inline fans Axial fans Axial fans Bathroom fans Window fans • We will offer you the best quality brands and option of heat pump for your home/business • Providing Heat Pump solutions for over 15 years to Cantabrians • We personally guarantee all our products & installs for 5 years (providing annual maintenance has been completed) Phone us today for your free consultation & quote 41A SHAKESPEARE RD, WALTHAM PHONE 03 366 0525 www.enviromaster.co.nz “A local team for local people” 0800 SMOOTH (0800 766 684) sales@smooth-air.co.nz the right 351c Blenheim Rd Riccarton Christchurch 03 343 6184 product for the job Monday - Friday 7.30am - 5pm www.smooth-air.co.nz
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