[Tia Maria]

While everyone's thoughts are turning towards heating and insulating their home I though we could start a thread where people can recommend companies or products.

Also if you spot any good deals, whether it be on thermal lined curtains or pink batts then you can let everyone know.

Don't forget to say where the company/product is!

OK, I'll start, although I haven't used this company as my ceilings were too high (and floors too low), to use the product they have been recommended to me twice now so thought it might be useful for someone else.

Auckland - Complete Heat

Supply and fit Ducted Central Heating

www.completeheat.co.nz

I've also found them on No Cowboys:

www.nocowboys.co.nz/viewtradesman/Heating/Complete-Heat-Ltd-9809
Hope this is useful to someone!

Cheers

Tia

PS By the way we should probably but if a service or product has been less than satisfactory - in the politest possible way of course! :D

[andrewandjane]

timber worlds got deals on underfloor and eco insulation....
so thats the floors and roof covered

were looking at our options, but the hard bit seems to be getting something into the walls??

[thezorbster]

Airfoam for the walls! Have to say the house is toasty - it retains the heat so much better but the installation was a bit disastrous to put it mildly (see separate thread a few weeks ago). Their after service was superb though and friends who have had it have had no installation problems at all - think we were just unlucky.

[Tia Maria]

timber worlds got deals on underfloor and eco insulation....
so thats the floors and roof covered

were looking at our options, but the hard bit seems to be getting something into the walls??

Thanks I'd never heard of Timber World:

www.timbermart.co.nz

We've been wanting to get Expol for ages, my plan was to do it in the summer when I thought demand would be low and it would be easy to get someone to install it. Of course here we are in Autumn and I'll no doubt be queuing up with everyone else!

Don't suppose you remember the rough price do you?

Cheers

Tia

[suebeenz]

Thanks I'd never heard of Timber World:

www.timbermart.co.nz

We've been wanting to get Expol for ages, my plan was to do it in the summer when I thought demand would be low and it would be easy to get someone to install it. Of course here we are in Autumn and I'll no doubt be queuing up with everyone else!

Don't suppose you remember the rough price do you?

Cheers

Tia

Not sure if you're asking for Expol prices, but if so, here are some rough numbers. Think cost me about $8.80 per sq meter for materials, and installation prices can very from $5 -> $15 per sq meter. (or you could install yourself). You can look on expol's website for list of installers, but really just about anybody can do it, especially if you buy the expol yourself. From my comparison shopping Mit 10 had the best prices. You have to measure the width of your floor joists to figure out which one to get. If you buy the goods yourself, instead of letting installer buy it, will cost you between $60-$110 for delivery.

:cheers

[Tia Maria]

Thanks suebeenz - thats really helpful!

We won't attempt to install it ourselves, (not since that guy got electrocuted!), and its a pretty hard, yucky job as our villa only has a small crawl space underneath.

Cheers

Tia

[Nienke]

We had heatpumps installed, very pleased with the Airconditioning company (Auckland), www.heatpump.co.nz

[Steadybears]

We had Eastside Refridgerations was recommended to us by a formite and can say they have been very professional and quite reasonable.

We thought it would cost alot more than it has - so Im smiling.

Jayne

[Tia Maria]

We had Eastside Refridgerations was recommended to us by a formite and can say they have been very professional and quite reasonable.

We thought it would cost alot more than it has - so Im smiling.

Jayne

What do they do?

Cheers

Tia

[BigRod]

For those in the Welly region:
www.negawatt.co.nz
All types of energy efficiency products including underfloor insulation.


..... And Briscoes had all their thermal lined curtains on half price at the weekend (do they ever *not * have a sale?)

Rod

[Steadybears]

Hi Tia
They do heat pumps and air conditioning.

Jayne

[Alan]

Airfoam for the walls! Have to say the house is toasty - it retains the heat so much better but the installation was a bit disastrous to put it mildly (see separate thread a few weeks ago). Their after service was superb though and friends who have had it have had no installation problems at all - think we were just unlucky.

Would you mind giving some idea of the size of property and the cost?

[Tia Maria]

For underfloor insulation, I can recommend:

Auckland Area

Polyman Insulation

www.polyman.co.nz

Expol: $8.85 sqm
Installation: $6.50 sqm (awkward access)
Fixings: $65

Ours worked out at about 60 sqm, so about $1200 (incl GST)

A simple way to measure your underfloor area, is just to treat your house as a square, and either pace it out, or use a tape measure on 2 sides. then don't forget to remove the verandah area if you have one.

The company turned up on time, despite the atrocious weather, fitted it in under 3 hours and were very friendly.

You can't access all our house, so it is hard to estimate how much would be needed, so they deliberately quoted us for the maximum, then didn't charge us for what they didn't use.

The polystyrene product works in that it makes the radiators more efficient, so we don't need to have them on for as long to heat up a room. Which is particularly good for keeping the kids room warm overnight. :nice1

Cheers

Tia

[nippa&pippa]

'warm babies, healthy children project' (For christchurch only but your areas may have them, check with your council for details)

If you are on a low income, the warm babies etc project can help make your home warmer and drier.
* do you have a baby under one year od age or a preschooler with health problems?
* Is your house cold, damp or daughty?
* Are you on a low income?
If your are a home owner or in private rented accomodation, the warm babies healthy children project may be able to help you!

Here is website for futher info...www.cea.co.nz

[Tia Maria]

The Warehouse - One of those sausage things to stop draughts under the door/window - $10.

Cheers

Tia

[marcia]

Ok I'm sure you've all seen the advert for pink batts, where people in the houses all have a nice cuddly person all dressed in pink fluffy clothes attached to their bodies,

well begger the pink batts

If i can't have central heating

I want one of those pink fluffy people to be cuddling me all the time

- anyone know where to buy them?? :D

[dharder]

We have central heating!!!!! And what a difference that makes, wow. I'm so pleased, I almost cried when I came home tonight and it was toasty warm in the house. So worth it!

Getting the gas people (Vector? OnGas? don't know) to switch it on was a painful and lengthy process, but the gasfitters where great. It took them two days to put up a system like a UK one (gas heating, water in the radiators, the kind you have in the UK), in in our case, that was 10 radiators throughout the house.

Anyway. It is so great to have a warm house, and to be able to move around without having temperature drops of 7 degrees going from in front of the fire to the hallway...

Highly recommend it. Don't let anyone tell you 'it doesn't really get that cold in Auckland'. It does. :)
Daniela

[Milliemoo]

We have central heating!!!!! And what a difference that makes, wow. I'm so pleased, I almost cried when I came home tonight and it was toasty warm in the house. So worth it!

Getting the gas people (Vector? OnGas? don't know) to switch it on was a painful and lengthy process, but the gasfitters where great. It took them two days to put up a system like a UK one (gas heating, water in the radiators, the kind you have in the UK), in in our case, that was 10 radiators throughout the house.

Anyway. It is so great to have a warm house, and to be able to move around without having temperature drops of 7 degrees going from in front of the fire to the hallway...

Highly recommend it. Don't let anyone tell you 'it doesn't really get that cold in Auckland'. It does. :)
Daniela

oooohhhh more details please :D Who was the company? Costs?

Milliemoo

[pinkpiggy]

Yes Daniela, costs and name of company please. I'm sat in the office which is at the back of the house and I'm frozen. Been trying to finish a document that I have to show other users how to use tomorrow. :no

[kanatakiwi]

Yes Daniela, costs and name of company please. I'm sat in the office which is at the back of the house and I'm frozen. Been trying to finish a document that I have to show other users how to use tomorrow. :no

you have my complete sympathy pink piggy. I work two days a week in an office in the back of a house (one window, sun doesnt hit it until about 2 pm so even on a sunny day, I am freezing. my hands are so cold they hurt, and after lots of complaining they installed a heater but it only helps marginally, and my knees under the desk never warm up. I have bought the warmest pants I can find that might be suitable for office wear ;) and my next strategy is to take a blanket to work to put over my knees, but I have resisted this , trying to avoid the granny look :o

So I too would be very interested in what company and how much Daniela.!!

[dharder]

I'll get get details and let you know this afternoon. I know connecting the gas was free of charge, but I'll have a look at the standing charges and the system itself.

I had a shower this morning and threw my wet towel over the radiator after I was done, by the time I left home, it was dry. I'm really hoping we can reduce the dampness some as well, and my eldest (the one with Asthma) has told me he slept a lot better already.

Watch this space :)

Daniela