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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>March</strong> <strong>19</strong> 20<strong>19</strong> 21<br />
HOME & HEATING<br />
The facts about<br />
Home<br />
Ventilation<br />
Balanced Pressure<br />
vs Positive Pressure<br />
Choosing the<br />
right heat pump<br />
for your home<br />
Are you struggling with the heat of<br />
Summer or wanting to get organised for<br />
Winter? With the ever changing weather<br />
patterns, heat pumps have the flexibility<br />
of being able to heat and cool which is an<br />
advantage no other appliance can offer. This<br />
represents great value for your investment<br />
as you can use it all year round. The team<br />
at Enviro Master Ltd can help keep you<br />
cool this Summer either at home or work.<br />
Enviro Master supplies, installs and services<br />
all the leading brands including Panasonic,<br />
Fujitsu, Mitsubishi and Daikin. This means<br />
our team can show you which system and<br />
brand will best suit your needs.<br />
With new regulations coming in for<br />
Landlords to provide heating in rentals,<br />
now is a great time to beat the 1st of<br />
July deadline. Inadequate heating and<br />
ventilation can lead to mould growth and<br />
dampness in your property, leading to<br />
costlier maintenance and an unhealthy<br />
living environment. Providing a fixed<br />
heater with a higher heat output and lower<br />
running costs, like a heat pump, will enable<br />
your tenants to heat the area effectively.<br />
It will also discourage them from using<br />
unflued gas heaters which can make a<br />
house damp and mouldy.<br />
It is important to remember, when<br />
selecting an installer, the manufacturer’s<br />
warranty does not cover the installation<br />
and consumers could be responsible for<br />
any repair or damage caused to the system<br />
due to poor installation. Enviro Master’s<br />
five-star installation guarantee ensures<br />
correct installation, and a demonstration<br />
so customers have an understanding on<br />
how it will best meet their needs.<br />
For a free in home consultation, call<br />
Enviro Master on 366 0525 or visit our<br />
showroom at 41A Shakespeare Rd,<br />
Waltham, Christchurch.<br />
Under the New Zealand Building Code,<br />
all buildings, including residential, need<br />
to be suitably ventilated, either with<br />
opening windows or forced ventilation.<br />
Clause G4.1 states: “The objective of this<br />
provision is to safeguard people from<br />
illness or loss of amenity due to lack of<br />
fresh air.” There are many benefits to forced,<br />
or mechanical, ventilation over opening<br />
windows, including warmth, security,<br />
reduction of outside noises and reduction<br />
of condensation.<br />
Traditional domestic ventilation systems<br />
are ‘positive pressure’. They bring air in<br />
from outside via the roof space and force<br />
the stale air out through gaps around<br />
windows and doors. The incoming air<br />
from these systems has to be heated or<br />
cooled to keep the house warm in winter or<br />
cool in summer.<br />
The Smooth-Air HEX390 is a ‘balanced<br />
pressure’ system. It extracts air from the<br />
house and at the same time brings in fresh<br />
air. These two streams of air pass through<br />
a heat exchanger, which warms incoming<br />
air in winter and cools in summer if air<br />
conditioning is being used. This means that<br />
up to 80% of the energy which would be<br />
wasted using a traditional positive pressure<br />
system is recovered, resulting in significant<br />
energy savings and therefore lower heating<br />
or cooling costs.<br />
Until recently, balanced pressure<br />
ventilation systems have been considerably<br />
more expensive than traditional positive<br />
pressure systems. However, with Smooth-<br />
Air’s unique manufacturing capabilities, a<br />
HEX390 balanced pressure system can be<br />
installed for a similar price as a traditional<br />
positive pressure system.<br />
You can contact Smooth-Air on 0800<br />
SMOOTH (0800 766684).<br />
Smooth-Air<br />
Ventilation Equipment Suppliers<br />
totrade<br />
retail<br />
The most efficient way<br />
to ventilate your home<br />
HEX 390<br />
For Healthy Indoor Air<br />
Heat is transferred to the<br />
incoming filtered fresh air<br />
&<br />
HEAT PUMP<br />
SALE NOW ON!<br />
Amazin’ Autumn Specials!!<br />
• We will offer you the best quality brands and<br />
option of heat pump for your home/business<br />
• Providing Heat Pump solutions for over 17 years to Cantabrians<br />
• We personally guarantee all our products & installs for 5 years<br />
(providing annual maintenance has been completed)<br />
Phone us today for your free consultation & quote<br />
41A SHAKESPEARE RD, WALTHAM<br />
PHONE 03 366 0525<br />
www.enviromaster.co.nz<br />
“A local team for local people”<br />
Substantial energy savings<br />
over traditional domestic<br />
ventilation systems.<br />
0800 SMOOTH<br />
(0800 766 684)<br />
sales@smooth-air.co.nz<br />
Made in New Zealand,for New Zealand conditions<br />
Fresh air<br />
from outside<br />
Warm, stale<br />
air from house<br />
264 Annex Rd<br />
Riccarton<br />
Christchurch<br />
03 343 6184<br />
Exhaust air<br />
to outside<br />
Warm fresh air<br />
to house<br />
Monday - Friday<br />
7.30am - 5pm<br />
www.smooth-air.co.nz