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 were required by the current NCC (NCC 2019) to install vapour permeable membranes on some of their projects. The building code changes every 3 years, […]
Do I need to use a Vapour Permeable Membrane?? Read More »
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 Pro Clima membranes are different. We talk to builders and architects about the science that goes into the way they build and how building membranes
Are sarking and vapour permeable membranes the same thing? Read More »
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 when I was at the Pro Clima installation training day in Mount Gambier, in our post demo chit chat, one of the builders piped up.
Why do I have to use double glazing when they don’t? Read More »
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 adult, a mature adult and a retiree. This makes complex topics relatable to everyone. So I’ve had a go at explaining why building science matters
Building science is relevant to everybody. Here’s why. Read More »
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 yeah, it can get pretty complex. But looking at building science on a simple level is still very useful. Simply put, building science is the study
How to Look at a Building like a Building Scientist – it’s not that complicated, promise Read More »
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 mean? This article focuses on the two most commonly discussed values – R value and the U value. R value is typically used to tell
R value v U value – what’s the difference? Read More »
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