In-ceiling insulation

General Discussions
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13 x 5m x 135mm Aerolite rolls needed.

Got a quote supplied and installed.

2 adult kids (brother and sister) R500 each, saves me R1000.

Seeing them work together … Priceless.

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:wink: How long did the “hired” labour take…? Any issues you can share…

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First roll was tough to, 2nd one easy:

  1. Challenge One: Get all the wires above the insulation.
  2. Challenge Two: In the middle of the roof their is a beam, insulation must go under it.
  3. Challenge Three: Beams are 1.1m apart, it helps if your son is a trained fit stuntman. Daughter who said she can do what he can do, yeah boet, she got a real big “workout”.

She made the mistake of saying: Geez, this roll is heavy! (getting it from beam to beam not touching the PVC ceiling.)
Son replied: Men don’t complain over shiite like that, toughen up buttercup and get moving!

… I nearly fell off the ladder laughing! :rofl:

Tricks we will learnt:

  1. My sons idea, we use thick planks to kneel on, sit on. Keep them near the trap door for easier getting in. Got the idea 12 years ago when we pulled the UTP wires in. We use 2 planks, one to sit on, when moving the 2nd one forward. Safer too. Less strain on the body.
  2. The part to get a 5m roll under a beam … roll it to the beam, then cut it, roll the rest of the way.
  3. Do NOT do it when the sun shines … no need. You need a touch in any case.

Now the next 11 rolls can come …

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With temperatures dropping again in the City of Gold I can confirm that the insulation works. We didn’t turn the gas heaters on tonight.

Also SWAMBO found the shower water too hot tonight. Which goes to show that geyser blankets don’t last forever either (they reinsulated the geyser and the hot water pipes).

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Can also confirm we have a increase of between 3-5 degrees inside the house (compared to the house under the slab) since we installed the insulation Sunday.

Next is to find where the draughts are …

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This is great to hear. I can barely type this properly as my fingers are still semi-frozen after this morning.
You went with Eco-insulation, right?

I was in the roof over the weekend moving a cable and took a look and it also looks like almost all our insulation collapsed. And a part where the heat pump installers lifted insulation out of the way and never returned, so I also have a bathroom without any insulation which explains the extra cold seat in the mornings…