Get a warmer home and save with insulation
Installing or upgrading your insulation is one of the best investments you can make to improve your home environment. If it's well installed, insulation will deliver:
- a healthier, more comfortable home
- lower energy bills
- reduced noise levels
- less condensation.
The ideal way to have a healthier, more cost-effective home is through insulating your ceilings, walls and floors as well as double-glazing your windows and exterior doors.
But if you're on a tight budget, insulate your ceiling first as most heat escapes here. The best time to further insulate an existing property is during renovations before walls, floors and ceiling spaces are closed in.
Every Kiwi family should be warm and healthy
"It was so cold that in winter we couldn't put our feet on the floor when we were sitting in the living room."
That's how life was for Natalie and Paul before ceiling and floor insulation brought increased comfort and a healthier living environment.
The couple has lived in their 1970s brick house in Roxburgh since 2001.
Through the EnergyWise Home Grant Scheme in 2006, the house was fitted with ceiling and underfloor insulation. Two door draught excluders were also put in and a heat transfer unit vents heat from the woodburner to warm up the bedrooms.
The family, which now includes son Nathan, is delighted to live in a much warmer and cosier home.
"We're amazed at how much more comfortable and cosy our home is. Lots of people have noticed a difference. It hasn't got a chill like it used to have," Natalie says.
