There are a few obvious signs that your home might have poor insulation. If your home was insulated years ago and isn’t up to current standards, you may be noticing the signs of a poorly insulated home. It can result in uncomfortable and unhealthy living conditions and should be treated as soon a possible to reduce its harmful effects. Five signs that your house has poor insulation 1. HIGH ENERGY BILLS Have your energy bills increased over the years? This may be due to poor...

It’s already halfway through 2021 and it feels like life will never return to normal. If you’re anything like me, you’ve stashed away a little bit of moola each month for the annual holiday and COVID has come along and gatecrashed the getaway. Not to worry, there’s plenty you could do with this year’s travel budget and we’ve come up with five ideas for home upgrades you could invest it into instead! Home Upgrades Tip 1: Update those appliances to energy-efficient ones Most...

Thanks to the lightweight design and construction methods used in New Zealand, combined with noisy appliances and loud entertainment gear, noise transfer in the home has become a big problem. That’s not even discussing your neighbors who love to throw house parties every Saturday night. Thankfully there are several steps you can take to reduce noise transfer in the home so here are our top five tips to start controlling it! Insulating your walls lowers noise transfer in and out of...

It seems global warming is on everyone’s minds these days. We’re launching reusable rockets into space, all our vehicles are becoming electric powered and governments around the world are invested in developing renewable energy sources. New Zealanders are slowly moving away from traditional energy sources such as gas and coal and moving more to sustainable and renewable ones such as solar. Over the next decade most of us will change to electric vehicles and many of our household tools...