Double Brick Wall Insulation Australia

It is a high performing silicone treated product that displays exceptional thermal performance and has a proven track record in the uk over many years.

Double brick wall insulation australia.

West australia s only approved registered and licensed cavity wall insulation installer. 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. 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. 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.

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. 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. Supafil carbonplus is a premium engineered blow in glasswool insulation system for double brick cavity walls.

Cavity wall applications page. By installing our choice of wall insulation knauf supafil carbonplus insulation the temperature transfer will be significantly reduced especially in double brick walls. Even with an adequately insulated roof space up to 30 50 of heat gain loss can occur from poorly insulated walls. Insulguard cavity shield is a unique locally made cavity wall insulation designed for australian homes with a double brick cavity.

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. Cavity shield sits between the inner skin and the outer skin of your double brick walls inside the vacant cavity. Uninsulated a double brick cavity offers little barrier between external temperatures.