Renovate Australia

I was watching an episode of Holmes Inspection and Mike Holmes had a very easy and quick way to check on the insulation and heat loss in your roof in the winter. Go outside the morning after a heavy snow fall. The snow fall has to be sufficient to leave snow on the roofs in [...]

Since I wrote about some of the problems that the Free Insulation Scheme that the Australia Government has been having they have cancelled the plan and are now footing the tax payers with a $50 million clean up bill. According to an article in the Australian the scheme has been linked to 105 house fires [...]

Since the Australian Federal Government’s roof and ceiling insulation rebate program there have been four recorded deaths of insulation installers because of foil insulation coming into contact with live electrical wires and faults. Generally speaking foil insulation in new houses is considered to be very safe. Installation in older houses however can be a problem [...]

I don’t know how I missed this, but the Australian Government is offering $1600 to all house owner-occupiers to have ceiling insulation installed. They estimate that it will save up to $200 per house in energy bills, and increase the energy rating of all Australian homes to a minimum of two-stars. In addition to offering [...]