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Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Tuesday <strong>May</strong> 7 <strong>2019</strong> 19<br />
HOME & HEATING<br />
Get rid of<br />
dampness in<br />
your house<br />
Now with the colder and wetter weather<br />
on its way, home owners are focusing on<br />
ways to make their homes comfortable,<br />
warm and healthy for their families<br />
throughout winter. Rising damp is an issue<br />
that affects many of our older properties<br />
which suffer from poor, or no, insulation.<br />
In Canterbury especially, post-quake, many<br />
people have relocated to homes that suffer<br />
from rising damp which can be associated<br />
with health problems. Independent tests<br />
have shown that up to 40 litres of water<br />
can rise from the ground and enter a<br />
house every day, leading to mildew, mould,<br />
condensation and musty smells. Moulds<br />
can produce various allergic reactions<br />
and the frail, elderly and very young are<br />
especially vulnerable.<br />
Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd is a<br />
locally owned and operated firm. The<br />
team understands the problems caused<br />
by rising damp and are there to help.<br />
They will come to your damp home<br />
and pump a lightweight, flowable foam<br />
concrete under your timber floored home.<br />
Specially adapted for our New Zealand<br />
conditions and applications it provides a<br />
layer of protection against rising moisture.<br />
An unexpected benefit that the team at<br />
Canterbury Foam Concrete have noticed<br />
recently, is that many owners of properties<br />
which had underfloor foam concrete<br />
installed, reported that it also provided<br />
protection against liquefaction after<br />
the earthquakes.<br />
Contact Canterbury Foam Concrete<br />
Ltd now for your free, no obligation<br />
quote and complimentary appraisal of<br />
your underfloor ventilation needs. Phone<br />
03 376 4608 or 0508FOAMCO for more<br />
information.<br />
Does your range<br />
hood suck?<br />
Whether it plain sucks, or whether it<br />
doesn’t suck enough, or even if it is a noisy<br />
sucker - Smooth-Air can help.<br />
Smooth-Air can either improve your<br />
current range hood, or custom build to<br />
your specifications.<br />
“We can take your attractive but noisy,<br />
underperforming range hood and retrofit<br />
it with one of our whisper quiet remote<br />
extraction fans.” says Richard Jack,<br />
Regional Manager of Smooth-Air, “We<br />
have fans which can sit in the ceiling space,<br />
or outside on your wall or roof to make it<br />
extra quiet.”<br />
In-house testing showed a difference of<br />
20dbA (decibels) between a remote fan<br />
from Smooth-Air and a common in-hood<br />
fan range hood. This corresponds to a<br />
quadrupling in perceived noise level.<br />
Range hood conversions include removal<br />
of existing fan and rewiring for new remote<br />
fan. Your local sparky can easily carry out<br />
installation of the new fan.<br />
For kitchens not suited to a standard<br />
range hood, Smooth-Air can manufacture<br />
and powdercoat a bespoke range hood to<br />
match your décor. Custom built range<br />
hoods have the benefit of being designed<br />
specifically for your house.<br />
As well as being whisper quiet, Smooth-<br />
Air’s remote fans are powerful - sucking<br />
out cooking smells and moisture so they<br />
don’t circulate around your home.<br />
Moisture in your home can cause mould<br />
and mildew on your walls and furnishings.<br />
It is also bad for the health of the occupants.<br />
Household cooking is a major source of<br />
internal moisture, therefore an effective<br />
kitchen extraction system can make a<br />
significant difference to internal moisture<br />
levels.<br />
Smooth-Air can also help with other<br />
forms of ventilation, such as bathroom<br />
extraction, condensation reduction or<br />
whole house ventilation.<br />
Contact Smooth-Air on 0800 SMOOTH<br />
(0800 766 684) to ask how they can help<br />
you with your kitchen extraction, as well<br />
as any other ventilation requirements.<br />
Smooth-Air<br />
Ventilation Equipment Suppliers<br />
to<br />
trade<br />
&<br />
retail<br />
Smooth-Air has a wide range of<br />
ventilation equipment to bring<br />
fresh air into your home.<br />
T. 03 376 4608<br />
E. info@foamconcrete.nz<br />
W. www.foamconcrete.nz<br />
Domestic<br />
Commercial<br />
Industrial<br />
HEAT PUMP<br />
SALE NOW ON!<br />
Amazin’ Autumn Specials!!<br />
Remote Extraction Fans<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 />
Range Hood Cupboard Inserts<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 />
0800 SMOOTH<br />
(0800 766 684)<br />
sales@smooth-air.co.nz<br />
264 Annex Rd<br />
Riccarton<br />
Christchurch<br />
03 343 6184<br />
Monday - Friday<br />
7.30am - 5pm<br />
www.smooth-air.co.nz
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