NCC Compliance The NCC sets out performance requirements to ensure buildings are constructed to resist moisture from the outside and rising from the ground. This includes provisions for weatherproofing and dampness to safeguard occupants and protect the building from damage. Detailing allows for accommodation of damp course for brick layers to easily lay first floor bricks. Efficiency Matrix The Efficiency Matrix developed for residential bottom wall detailing seems to offer practical solutions for enhancing building performance while ensuring compliance with the NCC standards. Innovative Products tightPlate™: This product by Tighthouse.com.au aims to improve air tightness at the top of residential walls, which is crucial for maintaining energy efficiency and indoor air quality. High Tack Plus: Proctor’s air tight tape is designed to provide a robust seal for the building envelope, further enhancing air tightness and moisture management. These innovations can significantly contribute to achieving the required standards with minimal changes to existing construction practices. If you have any specific questions about these products or the NCC requirements, feel free to ask!  tightPLATE comes in 100mm and 150mm versions.

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Get Off Gas and Embrace your Heat Pump heating and cooling performance: A Guide for Residential Properties**
Are you ready to make the switch from gas heating systems to efficient heat pumps? In this video, we dive into the exciting government grants available in Australia that can help you transition smoothly.
What’s Covered:
– Government Grants: Learn about the grants that cover the removal of your old gas heating systems and the installation of energy-efficient heat pumps.
https://www.energy.gov.au/rebates/hou…
– System Transition: We guide you through products that can be used from tighthouse.com.au for making your ducted heating systems and gas heaters inside chimneys airtight and thermally insulated.
– Efficiency Upgrades: Discover essential tips for retrofitting your home for better air tightness and consistent thermal insulation, ensuring maximum efficiency and comfort with your electrified home.

While these grants cover the main transition costs, they don’t include repairs for building fabric, air tightness, and insulation. But don’t worry, we’ve got practical solutions to help you manage those aspects too!

Watch now and take the first step towards a more energy-efficient and eco-friendly home!

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1. Indoor air quality: Air leaks can allow outdoor pollutants, such as dust, pollen, car exhaust, and industrial pollutants, to enter the home, worsening indoor air quality. This can be especially problematic for individuals with allergies, asthma, or other respiratory issues. In addition, moisture can also enter through leaks, potentially leading to mould growth and further degrading air quality.

2. Insect and mouse ingress: Gaps and cracks in a home’s exterior can provide easy entry points for insects and other pests. Sealing air leaks helps to close off these entryways, preventing pests from entering the home and causing potential health-related issues or damage to the property.

3. Energy efficiency: Air leaks can substantially impact a home’s energy efficiency. Leaks allow warm air to escape during the winter and enter during the summer, which forces heating and cooling systems to work harder to maintain comfortable indoor temperatures. This additional work results in higher energy consumption and increased utility bills. Addressing air leaks is important for maintaining a comfortable, healthy, and energy-efficient home. It involves identifying and sealing gaps and cracks around windows, doors, and other entry points with caulking, weather stripping, and sometimes more substantial repairs or insulation improvements.

Key air leaks covered, Fridge Ventilation, Holes Behind Joinery, Architrave and Skirting Board Air Leakage, Ducted Heating Return Air Leaks, Split System Holes, Bonus All in one Exhaust Fan Issues, Bonus Sky Light Issues

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Evaporative cool works very well on dry, hot days, but on humid is rendered useless and costs significantly to heat your home in winter, during the colder climate months. Efficiency Matrix conducted air tightness testing with and without evaporative cooling on a 15-year-old home in Melbourne, Australia. The Air leakage difference in a home with evap cooling can be as high as 10ACH@50Pa difference and in this video we demonstrate how bad evap cooling can be to the detriment of your heating performance of your home.

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Exhaust draft stoppers, also known as vent draft stoppers, are devices used to prevent cold air from entering through the exhaust duct of a home’s heating or cooling system. Their effectiveness depends on the specific design of the draft stopper and the exhaust system that is installed in your home. Some exhaust fans cannot move sufficient air when they are restricted with air flow from a closed door.

If properly installed, an exhaust draft stopper can prevent drafts and improve energy efficiency by keeping cold air out of the duct system. This can lead to lower energy bills and reduce the workload for the heating or cooling system.

However, it is important to note that exhaust draft stoppers may need to be removed periodically for cleaning and maintenance to ensure the system is working efficiently. Also, some models may require careful installation to prevent damage or improper sealing, which could lead to leaks or even damage to the heating or cooling system.

Overall, exhaust draft stoppers can be an effective solution for reducing drafts and improving energy efficiency in homes. As with any product, it is best to research and choose a reliable and high-quality draft stopper that is compatible with your specific heating or cooling system.

Efficiency Matrix has invested in mobile phone app development to significantly improve efficiency and the level of quality in its reporting to its customers. Air Tightness testing is great, but if all the points of air leakage and thermal insulation inconsistency is not captured and reported on, all of this information quickly gets forgotten for future remediation. Efficiency Matrix has developed an in-house app that can be used with limited internet connectivity and can machine gun capture air tightness, thermal insulation inconsistency defects with an integrated flir thermal imaging camera and general defects. The system has now been designed to go completely paperless where defects can be divided up to individual trades, and the app can now work with metric as well as imperial measurements. Building performance construction auditing for an as-built verification process.

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Audio visual cables in homes are quite common, and they are usually retrofitted after a new build. In an older home, there are usually massive gaping holes through the wall cavity, and these holes are building concealed by the HIFI cabinet. This is a significant point of air leakage in a home, and can significantly adversely effect the performance of your building envelope.