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Australian-born architect and homeowner, Gavin Langley, shows Bob how attics are insulated in his home country. Down Under, insulation is installed between rafters and above the ceiling. This arrangement reduces summer heat gain while reducing winter heat loss. In this project the ceiling gets a six-inch layer of R-19 fiberglass insulation. Bob and Gavin also discuss the budget.
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" Well let's take an opportunity to talk about insulation because I know that your insulating the attic that your house a little bit differently than most people do. Add basically he's right isn't coming with you from Australia right yes. In -- we insulating that between the rafters as well as on top of the ceiling -- that allows us to do was in the summertime it keeps the hot. Some from passing through the attic into the house okay in the wintertime in any case the warm air inside the house from the heating house."

" All right so and you've got a nice. -- here Ed in the summer the un insulated house does -- a -- chance against the sun coming right through the attic and into the living space. And it in the winter the un insulated house has difficulty. Preserving the heated air from radiators or furnace or whatever ant loses much of that heated air through the attic. And through the windows. Now what you're doing here."

" summer purposes. These insulating between the rafters. Which. Brady -- stuff the radiant heat from coming through and into the house so that you're keeping the attic cool as well as the house -- yes and then. You're also insulating along the ceiling line between the ceiling joists. What this does is when they're ready that is wrong that it rises to the ceiling in the house is back down into the room incident tossing out. How many inches of fire out fiberglass street getting up there. It's a balance. Four to six inches thickness. So you're getting an. You've got Lou Reed front and back -- gable end. Let's talk for a minute about two important things are we on track in terms of your expectations time once. When slightly behind the blueberry plants. And what about the budget at this point. The budget has remained on track of -- of the project bad. -- a couple of times that we decided to do additional things we've decided to. -- some things into the side of the property and we had a problem with the Sula and that ran into bad enough 1500 dollars policy what my problem. There was a tree -- in this. Yet big break up the -- and replace it yes to a straight 1400 dollars. We both -- the last thing we decided to do is you strip the doles and the treatment and perhaps you noticed that there. What nicely -- these original doors right yes no Douglas yeah in effect brand new. We had as date tonight custom -- hundred dollars and then we getting too big to do the rest of treatment and a 900 offer how many doors. Probably best quote. Full size those and ten capitals. OK so that's basically -- but and then you're talking about getting him fit to remove -- from the existing woodwork it. We think that Iran to. Keep us informed. I think that's a good idea I'll be curious to see how it works."

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