Australian rental homes colder and more damp than WHO safety standards
www.theguardian.com
Rentals in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and ACT dropped below 18C more than 80% of the time, report finds
    • @[email protected]English
      7•1 year ago

      Roof insulation is one of the first items to fix. Get R5 or R6 earthwool from Bunnings. It costs a lot but fuck is it good. It’s actually very easy to install, just be careful around the downlights (you need a gap around them).

      The other quick fix is all the drafts cracks and leaks. Get door snakes, door and window seals, blinds. Don’t worry about the floor heat won’t sap from that.

      • @[email protected]
        3•1 year ago

        Came home to our place in Melbourne from two weeks away and the indoor temp was 2c.

        Living in Perth now, it’s early evening and the house is already 19c inside. It’ll drop to 16c by midnight. Both houses are brick/tile.

        Yes, I can run the reverse-cycle in a few rooms, and they’ll be toasty. Yes, I have heaters for other rooms. We use those when necessary, but they’re too expensive to run all winter.

    • @[email protected]English
      1•1 year ago

      Is that with or without heating? Without heating we can wake up to 14 degrees in the morning, and our house is pretty new.

      Apparently there are pretty easy tricks to improve your heat storage.