Double Brick Wall Insulation Australia

As nzs 1530 0 test method for heat and smoke release as 4674 2004 in accordance with specifications 2 4 of the building code of australia bca part j3 combined r value of the insulation in wall cavity meets r 2 0 or greater as required by the energy efficiency report.

Double brick wall insulation australia.

Single skin high mass walls such as concrete block rammed earth or mud brick can have their thermal performance significantly improved by installing insulation on the wall exterior. Insulguard cavity shield is a unique locally made cavity wall insulation designed for australian homes with a double brick cavity. About cavity walls if your home is made of brick and was built in pre 2010 you more than likely will have double cavity walls with no insulation in between. Uninsulated a double brick cavity offers little barrier between external temperatures.

Just rite pioneered cavity wall insulation in australia and has installed cavity wall insulation in more than 25000 houses in canberra sydney blue mountains melbourne bendigo orange and bathurst since 1987. Supafil carbonplus is a premium engineered blow in glasswool insulation system for double brick cavity walls. The simplest method is to use polystyrene board with an external render or batts fixed between battens at around 600mm centres covered with a waterproof cladding. The r rating thermal resistance of a double brick wall is r0 45 compared with r0 4 for brick veneer.

As 4674 2004 solid wall construction. West australia s only approved registered and licensed cavity wall insulation installer. Even with an adequately insulated roof space up to 30 50 of heat gain loss can occur from poorly insulated walls. Cavity wall double brick insulation is a blow in insulation currently used in over 5 million homes in the uk for increasing the thermal performance of existing homes and will also work effectively in australian homes.

Cavity wall applications page. Cavity shield sits between the inner skin and the outer skin of your double brick walls inside the vacant cavity. Air cell permicav xv is specifically designed to reduce the risk of condensation in walls with cavities and has improved vapour transmission by five times compared to old technology.