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Understanding the Basics of Insulation: What You Need to Know

Insulation is a fundamental element in any building.  It plays a crucial role in maintaining indoor comfort and energy efficiency. It acts as a barrier against the transfer of heat...
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How does WUFI® work?

As the popularity of WUFI® increases and we are getting more and more inquiries, it’s important that our clients understand what it is and how it works. Introduction  WUFI® is...
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So you sell Pro Clima membranes – what else do you do at Climasure?

At Climasure, we are South Australia's only distributor for the market leading Pro Clima building membranes, but that's not all we do.  This is an important part of our business,...
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Understanding the Basics of Insulation: What You Need to Know

Insulation is a fundamental element in any building, playing a crucial role in maintaining indoor comfort and energy efficiency. It acts as a barrier against the transfer of heat, keeping...
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What is a blower door test?

Me: Are you having a blower door test done? You: What does that even mean?  Is that a thing I need to think about?  I mean I feel draughts from...
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Roof blanket or Vapour Permeable Membrane?

So roof blanket or vapour permeable membrane - which one is better? This is a conversation we come up against almost daily in our line of work, as homeowners and...
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Do I need to use a Vapour Permeable Membrane??

It has recently come to my attention through Zara D'Cotta from The Healthy Home's Healthy Buildings Mastermind course that one of Australia’s largest volume builders were not aware that they...
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Are sarking and vapour permeable membranes the same thing?

Climasure are a distributor of the high quality, German engineered building membranes from Pro Clima, and it means a lot to us that the industry understands how and why the...
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Why do I have to use double glazing when they don’t?

Whether you're a builder, architect or homeowner, this may be a question you have asked yourself during the course of your project.  I've heard it before and the other Friday...
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Building science is relevant to everybody. Here’s why.

Building Science 5 Ways You may have come across videos or articles where experts explain a particular concept in 5 different ways - for a child, a teenager, a young...
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How to Look at a Building like a Building Scientist – it’s not that complicated, promise

Building Science, just by the nature of the word “science”, sounds like a really complex topic, and, well, if you get down to the nitty-gritty of it all - then...
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R value v U value – what’s the difference?

When you're talking about thermal performance, you end up referring to everything in terms of it's "value', R value, U value, K value, lambda value - but what does this...
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Dew point and RH Explained

When we’re talking about condensation it makes logical sense to equate those water droplets with the amount of moisture in the air at any given time, or the relative humidity....
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Air Tightness and Smoke Infiltration

The Situation Living in the harsh climate of Australia, we are vulnerable to the many wiles of nature. Flash flooding, hurricanes, even earthquakes and of course, bushfires. Two years ago,...
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Does air tightness matter in Australia?

There is an embedded notion in Australia we do not need to worry about making our houses airtight (or energy efficient for that matter) because our climate isn’t extreme enough....
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