ceiling insulation - any difference

[jphanna]

Guys,

i am thinking of taking advantage of the govt offer to subsidise insulation. have any of you got insulation in your roof cavity, and did it make any noticable difference after you put it in?

[UFO]

huge difference man!

if you've had little or none, it's like leaving a window open- thats how much difference!

[Trevor 062]

It's for free so you have nothing to loose..
I can't say a huge difference to be honest with this Summer heat.
See when Winter comes around as my house is like a fridge in Winter.

[minux]

Noticed a difference when we had our townhouse done, aircon doesnt work as much, although not sure if thats because of the new 35kw compressor or not lol.

[jphanna]

i booked it for 23/1/10. i will soon find out. i gotta pay $375 on top of the subsidy, but if it helps it will be worth it.

[GOTMYN]

Did mine 2 weeks ago,
Noticed a difference instantly, I have 2 whirly's on the roof as well, but the house was cool, didn't run the Aircon at all, normally it would have been cranking all day :-)))

I did mine myself, as I had the Batt's already........

[MasterOfReality]

You are probably paying the extra $375 because the insulation installers are rorting like hell and are trying to get the full $1600 (I think) as previously available. I bet a typical roof insulation job didn't cost $1600 before the rebate.

It will make a difference - I used to rent a house (before I bought one with insulation + aircon) without any insulation or aircon and it was just as hot inside the house as outside during summer, and in winter my bedroom used to get down to 11 degrees in the morning, in Brisbane!

[VTvoodoo]

You are probably paying the extra $375 because the insulation installers are rorting like hell and are trying to get the full $1600 (I think) as previously available. I bet a typical roof insulation job didn't cost $1600 before the rebate.

haha, yeah, when mine was done, they charge $5 less than the full rebate, and its only a smallish townhouse

but it did make a differant straight away, felt cooler (got done last summer) and have hardly used aircon this summer (qld heat)

[Troy711]

You are probably paying the extra $375 because the insulation installers are rorting like hell and are trying to get the full $1600 (I think) as previously available. I bet a typical roof insulation job didn't cost $1600 before the rebate.

It will make a difference - I used to rent a house (before I bought one with insulation + aircon) without any insulation or aircon and it was just as hot inside the house as outside during summer, and in winter my bedroom used to get down to 11 degrees in the morning, in Brisbane!

No, the extra goes to all the cones they need to smoke to be able stand putting the shit in

[jphanna]

You are probably paying the extra $375 because the insulation installers are rorting like hell and are trying to get the full $1600 (I think) as previously available. I bet a typical roof insulation job didn't cost $1600 before the rebate.

It will make a difference - I used to rent a house (before I bought one with insulation + aircon) without any insulation or aircon and it was just as hot inside the house as outside during summer, and in winter my bedroom used to get down to 11 degrees in the morning, in Brisbane!

i recon you will be 99.9% correct there. but getting quotes from multiple companies, to try to get a lower quote will be a waste of time as they will all do the same trick...

[jakbob]

My olds got it done, their house is an old queenslander with 11 foot ceilings, and its made a huge difference. If you shut the house up in the morning it stays a good ten degrees cooler inside.

[TVR-190]

havent noticed a thing

[cewing]

Half of our house is ur standard ceiling space house, the other is cathedral ceiling.
We put insulation where we could, leaving the cathedral part without.
In summer the insulated half stays coolish, the other is sweltering hot!
Then we got ducted aircon, but it works far better in the insulated half

[Darren_L]

I've had up to 9 deg C difference inside the house during the colder months of winter & similar results on the really hot days
I got the spray in cellulose style insulation.

I was skeptical about how effective it would be, but after having it installed and seeing the results - I highly recommend it

[MasterOfReality]

If you are planning on putting in downlights, go for the wool blanket type of insulation instead of the spray in stuff.

I recently had 57 downlights installed in my house and my electrician breathed a sigh of relief when he saw I had wool/rockwool blankets. If I had the spray on stuff I would have had to purchase an additional 57 insulation hoods. Not cheap!

[tommo82]

Guys,

i am thinking of taking advantage of the govt offer to subsidise insulation. have any of you got insulation in your roof cavity, and did it make any noticable difference after you put it in?

No noticeable difference. Just be very careful with installers. Unfortunately anyone can become an "insulation installer" overnight.

I had an extremely bad job done at my house. about half of my heat/cooling ducts have been crushed, alarm cables were broken in the roof and downlights were pushed out of the ceilings.

[greenvs]

Noticed a difference when we had our townhouse done, aircon doesnt work as much, although not sure if thats because of the new 35kw compressor or not lol.

i doubt u would have a 35kw compressor. thats unheard of in residential airconditioning

[gopher]

we had a large tree that shaded the whole house cut down in winter a few years ago.
i then insulated the ceiling before the next summer so didn't really notice much difference. (i had to pay for it so was pissed off when the government started paying for it) except that the air con seems to work better and there is one part of the ceiling i haven't yet done which appears to be hotter in that area than the rest of the house.
so i guess it must work

[jphanna]

No noticeable difference. Just be very careful with installers. Unfortunately anyone can become an "insulation installer" overnight.

I had an extremely bad job done at my house. about half of my heat/cooling ducts have been crushed, alarm cables were broken in the roof and downlights were pushed out of the ceilings.

this is a clear case of getting consumer affairs involved. i take it you did....

[Troy711]

No noticeable difference. Just be very careful with installers. Unfortunately anyone can become an "insulation installer" overnight.

I had an extremely bad job done at my house. about half of my heat/cooling ducts have been crushed, alarm cables were broken in the roof and downlights were pushed out of the ceilings.

Honestly, that sounds fairly standard. I'm surprised you don't also have boot marks through your ceiling.

[ausrs]

as everyone else has stated YES it is worth getting done
BUT did you know that this insulation bonus has really turned in to a money maker for .......the CHINESE as i am told even the bradford batts are now being made there to keep up with demand

so much for our local economy !

[T-man]

I actually make the insulation at Bradford ,yes it makes a noticeable difference nothing extroardinary, however none of Bradford imports are from china we recently exported to USA they are now returning our old stock numbers, definately ask how much more it would cost for4.1 batts they are a lot better... hope this helps

[saber]

How hard is it to install the batts into the ceiling??
When I was helping to renovate the old folks home, installing the batts into the wall was dead easy. Just use a knife to cut the batts to size to fit inside the walls, push the batts into place, then install the plasterboard over the top. Job done.

To the orignal question: Yes, batts do make a notable difference! Like others have said, during the morning of a hot day, close up all windows, and shut all blinds. Doing this, you'll find the temp inside is 6-10 degrees cooler then outside (This is for a brick veneer house). To be honest, I don't bother using the aircon during the day; only when the outside temp drops and the inside temp rises I turn on the aircon.

[vk.jonno]

they just changed our old one and put their new one in,
massive differance